how can i get a xml file when i pass a parameterized url
If you are generating the XML file in PHP, try setting the header as the first line of the script.
header("Content-type: text/xml");
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well what i wnat to do is create a xml file and download it, if it is possible not saving in the server.
what i have so far is creating the xml with DOMDocument and store it in the server
<?php
$domTree = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
$rootXML = $domTree->createElement( 'XML' );
$rootXML = $domTree->appendChild($rootXML);
$personalData = $domTree->createElement( 'PERSONAL' );
$personalData = $rootXML->appendChild($personalData);
$personalData ->nodeValue = "Alan";
$domTree->save('MyXmlFile.xml');
?>
i know i supposed to use something like this
<?php
header('Content-type: text/xml');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="text.xml"');
echo $xml_contents;
?>
but using DOMDocument im lost in hwo using it, THANKS IN ADVANCE!
To output to the standard output - that is what PHP sends to the browser - you can make use of the PHP output stream:
header('Content-type: text/xml');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="text.xml"');
$domTree->save('php://stdout');
This principle work with (nearly) anything in PHP that expects a filename which is a pretty nice feature. Compare for example with my answer to phpexcel to download.
It is merely the same as when you would do:
echo $domTree->saveXML();
as echo as well "prints" to the standard output. But for larger data, the concept of a stream is preferable.
If you want to learn more about standard output, Wikipedia has an overview about these so called standard streams:
Standard streams
For the correct XML content-type, this depends a bit what you do, I suggest taking a look into if you like to learn a bit more:
What Content-Type value should I send for my XML sitemap?
I'm trying to echo out an XML File via a PHP File. Like so:
Url visits viewxml.php?id=1
Php open a specific XML file, such as "xmlfile_".$_GET['id'].".xml" and prints it as if they are visiting the xml file itself.
The reason I'm using PHP is to do Session checks to make sure they are allowed to view the xml file.
This is how I am doing this:
header("Content-type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
// send the saved XML file.
include "xmlfile_".$id.".xml";
Doing this gives me the following GC XML error:
And there is nothing below it.
I have tried different approaches, such as printing it or turning it into a string but then I have problems reading the XML on certain software. I am hoping one of you can help me.
Thanks!
include() will attempt to evaluate the file; if there's something in there that looks like PHP then it will corrupt your results.
Try using readfile instead; this will only output the file contents.
What i am trying to do is provide a way for an Xls file generated on the client side in js to be downloaded. So I have the xls in a string in js and need to give the user a way to download it and open it in excel.
As i understand the only way to do this is to do it on the server via the content type, so I have tried to provide a php that does a file relay... Here is the php
<?php
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"my-data.csv\"");
$data=stripcslashes($_REQUEST['csv_text']);
echo $data;
?>
A request can end up being rather long so for example i might have this request... (actually shortened greatly).
I am not good with php, can anyone suggest a better way to modify this relay script (or better way entirely) to accomplish this?
http://myserver.com/ExcelRelay.php?csv_text=Id%09City%09Phone%09Address%201%09Address%202%09State%09Type%09Employees%09Revenue%09Leed%09Established%09Comments%09Country%09Postal%20Code%09Territory%0A3%09Greensboro%096538227668%09%0978%20Rocky%20Second%20St.%09New%20Jersey%09Remote%09%090%091%09Sun%20Aug%2009%201964%2000%3A00%3A00%20GMT-0400%20%28Eastern%20Daylight%20Time%29%09%22Et%20quad%20estis%20vobis%20homo%2C%20si%20nomen%20transit.%20%0A%20Sed%20quad%20estis%20vobis%20homo%2C%20si%20quad%20ut%20novum%20vobis
Thanks For the Response, The final script was
<?php header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\"".$_POST['filename']."\"");
echo $_POST['data'];
?>
One word: POST.
Request Url Too Long is a client side error, and one that is (AFAIK) exclusive to IE, these days. If you want to send the data to the server and have it sent back to you as a file, you will have to send the data in the body of the request.
See here for more information.
I really am trying to code from PHP to have a XML file. I got the code that can display items from PHPmyadmin. but how can I display those things in XML file is really my problem, I tried all the codes. I could find. But, still no luck.
While generating xml your first line in php file should be
header ("content-type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
then use echo statement & print whatever you want within xml tags like
echo "<status>0</status>";
just follow xml standerds & test using IE will be better.
Basically I wrote a script that generates a xml file based on user input. After the file is generated a download link appears like so:
Download File
But when clicked it opens the xml in the browser, I want it to start downloading when the link it clicked instead. Is there any way to achieve that?
Yeah, there is. It does require specifying some headers. Exactly how it works depends on what language you're using, but here's an example using php, taken off of php.net:
<?php
// We'll be outputting a PDF
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
// It will be called downloaded.pdf
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');
// The PDF source is in original.pdf
readfile('original.pdf');
?>
Basically, first we tell the client what type of file we're sending, then we tell the client that what we're sending is an attachment, and it's name, instead of it being a page to display, and then finally we print/read the file to the output.
Given that you're already using php to generate the xml file, I would suggest adding the header commands above to the code that generates the xml file, and see if that does the trick.
If you happen to be using Apache for your web server, and you always want to force downloading of XML files, there is a more efficient way to do what #chigley suggested. Just add the following to a .htaccess file.
<Files *.xml>
ForceType application/xml
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</Files>
What happens when a browser sees a link is not dependent on the link, but rather on the target of the link. Your web server should send the appropriate header: Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="file.xml" to tell the browser that it should prompt to save the file instead of displaying it.
It depends on what the client computer does with XML files. If you doubleclick on a XML file, it will open in your browser probably.
download.php:
header('Content-Type: text/xml');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="file.xml"');
readfile('/path/to/file.xml');
HTML:
Download