Download xml file

Hello,
First, I am very new to php. Bloody Beginner.
My problem is, that i want the user to be able to download a generated
xml file. I have working code which savies it to a file and sends it:

$fp = fopen($xml_file,'a');
fwrite($fp, $result[..]);
fclose($fp);

Is it possible to avoid writing the file? the $result contains all
data. how can I do this? Can someone help me with the command to send
data back to the user? I found similar code in
http://groups.google.de/group/comp.lang.php/browse_thread/th read/ecdc3bb9845ea721/96cd1d6bc5fbeb08?hl=de&lnk=gst&q=downl oad#96cd1d6bc5fbeb08
Should i provide some information about the xml mine type?

Thanks for help!
c

Re: Download xml file

C. Müller wrote:
> Hello,
> First, I am very new to php. Bloody Beginner.
> My problem is, that i want the user to be able to download a generated
> xml file. I have working code which savies it to a file and sends it:
>
> $fp = fopen($xml_file,'a');
> fwrite($fp, $result[..]);
> fclose($fp);
>
> Is it possible to avoid writing the file? the $result contains all
> data. how can I do this? Can someone help me with the command to send
> data back to the user? I found similar code in
> http://groups.google.de/group/comp.lang.php/browse_thread/th read/ecdc3bb9845ea721/96cd1d6bc5fbeb08?hl=de&lnk=gst&q=downl oad#96cd1d6bc5fbeb08
> Should i provide some information about the xml mine type?
>
> Thanks for help!
> c
>

If this is the only thing your function does, you can just set the
content type and disposition and send the file.

The problem comes if your script also outputs something else - i.e.
html, images, etc. Each of those types has its own content type and
disposition, and a document can't have more than one.

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Re: Download xml file

C. Müller wrote:

> Can someone help me with the command to send data back to the user?

header("Content-Type: application/xml");
print $result[..];
?>


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Re: Download xml file

Hello,

Thank you Toby, it works! Wow, that's short.
With your help i found this on the net:

header("Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
$xmldef = '
';
echo $xmldef;
echo $result[..]

Which works also. Thanks,
C.