Retrieving and Displaying Doc/txt files in php??..help.

[simoncpu]

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mu display gyud xa og garbage values master..
sample sa iya i display:

ako gi gamit katong Content-Type: text/plain mao ni ang gawas..hahay..lisuda gyud oie..gkan man sad ka tc master noh??

ichiriki,

What is this file's format? Is this a plain text file or an MS Word document or something else? Do you want to download it or just display it in the browser?

Yepp, I'm from TC...

[ichiriki]

doc file na xa master...gusto lng gyud nko mu print xa sa browser..T__T

tabang...

[simoncpu]

Just use Content-Type: application/msword without Content-Disposition. I'm not sure if this works with other browsers such as Firefox and Chrome because this requires ActiveX.

[Tin_Tin]

OT: taga tc ka ichiriki. . ? unsay kurso nimo. . ?

[larrysbird]

doc file na xa master...gusto lng gyud nko mu print xa sa browser..T__T

tabang...

Unless your server is using Windows (i.e. running on IIS not linux), It's not possible displaying MS word docs correctly on browser via PHP.

[ichiriki]

@ tin tin
yup yup..com sci ko..

di nlng nko pugson og print sa browser..hehe..kanang possible bah nga i open nko xa sa ms word as read only para d sad nila ma edit ang contents??..by just clicking on a link in my site??..

[eax]

Lisud man na mo print sa browser. Either you need an activex or i-download ang document.

[MarkCuering]

browser is on the client side, which in some way impossible to handle. They cannot even modify directly on the said file you have. not unless if running in LAN/Intranet. Why not just convert your data into .PDF format and display it on your web? or if possible read your .doc file into XML format.

sample code: expected to popup a Download dialog.

<?php
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="disfile.pdf"');
readfile('origfile.pdf');
?>

[eax]

Naay nindot ani. Why not use openoffice api(api: The OpenOffice.org API Project)? Para maka-open ka ug doc file on a server-side and multiplatform.

[ichiriki]

@ mark - my db is operating via intranet and i dont want other users to edit the displayed doc file thats why i just want it to be displayed via browser..

i think ill just use the code that prompts the user to open it in ms word/openoffice..
can i automatically set the doc file to be read only when viewing it in msword/openoffice?..