Backup to local drive

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Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but I
need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal data
to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need a
clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe
there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to the
user's PC. Thanks in advance.



Ben


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Re: Backup to local drive

If you are wanting to save the information as a PDF (formatted the same
as the HTML page), check out tcpdf at www.tcpdf.org. It is fairly
simple to implement and can interpret an HTML page causing it to be
saved as PDF.

Joseph

Ben Miller wrote:
> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but I
> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal data
> to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need a
> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe
> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to the
> user's PC. Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
>
>

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Re: Backup to local drive

Hi,

you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your servers=
..
What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
HTML output of their data"?!?

Roberto Aloi
http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
Twitter: @prof3ta

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but =
I
> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal d=
ata
> to a local (for the user) flash drive. =A0I'm guessing I'm going to need =
a
> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe
> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to t=
he
> user's PC. =A0Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
>

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On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:

> Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
> catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), creating
> their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive as
> HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug their
> drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
> connection to the internet.
>
> Ben
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
> To: Ben Miller
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>
> Hi,
>
> you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your servers.
> What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
> HTML output of their data"?!?
>
> Roberto Aloi
> http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
> Twitter: @prof3ta
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> > Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> > personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but I
> > need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal
> data
> > to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need a
> > clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe
> > there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to
> the
> > user's PC. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
>
>


Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it
up then send that down to the user?

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), =
creating
their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive =
as
HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug =
their
drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
connection to the internet.

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
To: Ben Miller
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive

Hi,

you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your =
servers.
What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
HTML output of their data"?!?

Roberto Aloi
http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
Twitter: @prof3ta

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, =
but I
> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that =
personal
data
> to a local (for the user) flash drive. =A0I'm guessing I'm going to =
need a
> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if =
maybe
> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content =
to
the
> user's PC. =A0Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
>


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Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the =
flash drive â€=93 need something that does it all for them so all =
they have to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store =
the preformatted presentation and then insert into a prospectâ€=99s =
computer and either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay =
command or b) open the presentation.html file.

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Ben

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From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
To: Ben Miller
Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive

=20

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20

=20
Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), =
creating
their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive =
as
HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug =
their
drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
connection to the internet.
=20
Ben
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
To: Ben Miller
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
=20
Hi,
=20
you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your =
servers.
What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
HTML output of their data"?!?
=20
Roberto Aloi
http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
Twitter: @prof3ta
=20
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, =
but I
> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that =
personal
data
> to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need =
a
> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if =
maybe
> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content =
to
the
> user's PC. Thanks in advance.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Ben
>=20
>=20
=20
=20


Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it =
up then send that down to the user?


Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:

> Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the fla=
sh drive â€=93 need something that does it all for them so all they hav=
e to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store the prefor=
matted presentation and then insert into a prospectâ€=99s computer and =
either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay command or b) op=
en the presentation.html file.
>=20
> =20
>=20
> Ben
>=20
> =20
>=20
> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
> To: Ben Miller
> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>=20
> =20
>=20
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20
>=20
> =20
> Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
> catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), creati=
ng
> their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive a=
s
> HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug the=
ir
> drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
> connection to the internet.
> =20
> Ben
> =20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]=20
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
> To: Ben Miller
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
> =20
> Hi,
> =20
> you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your serve=
rs.
> What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
> HTML output of their data"?!?
> =20
> Roberto Aloi
> http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
> Twitter: @prof3ta
> =20
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> > Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> > personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, bu=
t I
> > need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal
> data
> > to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need =
a
> > clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if mayb=
e
> > there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to
> the
> > user's PC. Thanks in advance.
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Ben
> >=20
> >=20
> =20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it up=
then send that down to the user?
>=20
>=20
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
>=20


That could end up in a lot of HTML and image files. Also, if you can't
rely on people to unzip a file, can you rely on them to know that they
need to keep the images with the HTML?

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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Thatâ€=99s exactly why I need something that will put all the needed =
files directly onto the flash drive â€=93 to take that =
responsibility away from the user. Pulling the data from the DB and =
creating the folder structure is easy with PHP â€=93 just not sure =
how to copy that folder structure and related files to the flash drive =
without the user having to know much of anything about computers. Was =
hoping there is maybe a PHP extension that I didnâ€=99t know about, =
but sounds like a client side is going to be my best bet.

=20

From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:39 PM
To: Ben Miller
Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive

=20

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20

=20
Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the =
flash drive â€=93 need something that does it all for them so all =
they have to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store =
the preformatted presentation and then insert into a prospectâ€=99s =
computer and either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay =
command or b) open the presentation.html file.
=20
=20
=20
Ben
=20
=20
=20
From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
To: Ben Miller
Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
=20
=20
=20
On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20
=20
=20
Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), =
creating
their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive =
as
HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug =
their
drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
connection to the internet.
=20
Ben
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
To: Ben Miller
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
=20
Hi,
=20
you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your =
servers.
What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
HTML output of their data"?!?
=20
Roberto Aloi
http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
Twitter: @prof3ta
=20
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, =
but I
> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that =
personal
data
> to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need =
a
> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if =
maybe
> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content =
to
the
> user's PC. Thanks in advance.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Ben
>=20
>=20
=20
=20
=20
=20
Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it =
up then send that down to the user?
=20
=20
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
=20
=20
=20
=20
=20


That could end up in a lot of HTML and image files. Also, if you can't =
rely on people to unzip a file, can you rely on them to know that they =
need to keep the images with the HTML?


Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



=20


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On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:04 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
> Thatâ€=99s exactly why I need something that will put all the needed =
files
> directly onto the flash drive â€=93 to take that responsibility away =
from
> the user. Pulling the data from the DB and creating the folder
> structure is easy with PHP â€=93 just not sure how to copy that folde=
r
> structure and related files to the flash drive without the user having
> to know much of anything about computers. Was hoping there is maybe a
> PHP extension that I didnâ€=99t know about, but sounds like a client =
side
> is going to be my best bet.
>=20
> =20
>=20
>=20
> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:39 PM
> To: Ben Miller
> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
>=20
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
> Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the fla=
sh drive â€=93 need something that does it all for them so all they hav=
e to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store the prefor=
matted presentation and then insert into a prospectâ€=99s computer and =
either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay command or b) op=
en the presentation.html file.
> =20
> =20
> Ben
> =20
> =20
> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
> To: Ben Miller
> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
> =20
> =20
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20
> =20
> Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
> catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), creati=
ng
> their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive a=
s
> HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug the=
ir
> drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
> connection to the internet.
> Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]=20
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
> To: Ben Miller
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
> Hi,
> you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your serve=
rs.
> What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
> HTML output of their data"?!?
> Roberto Aloi
> http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
> Twitter: @prof3ta
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
> > Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> > personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, bu=
t I
> > need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal
> data
> > to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need =
a
> > clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if mayb=
e
> > there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to
> the
> > user's PC. Thanks in advance.
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Ben
> >=20
> >=20
> =20
> =20
> =20
> =20
> Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it up=
then send that down to the user?
> =20
> =20
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> =20
> =20
> =20
> =20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> That could end up in a lot of HTML and image files. Also, if you can't
> rely on people to unzip a file, can you rely on them to know that they
> need to keep the images with the HTML?
>=20
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> =20
>=20
>=20

PHP can't do anything like that, PHP is all on the server. Javascript
doesn't have anything like that either, but JScript and VBScript do I
believe, although that limits you to only Internet Explorer, and only if
the user has allowed the unsafe actions.

Your best bet is to maybe try to use a format that keeps it all in one
file, such as a PDF.

Another solution would be to have the HTML reference the images from
your own hosting, and put the entire presentation in one file.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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PHP cannot create a folder structure on your local machine. I don't
think Javascript or VBScript can either. Your best bet is with the zip
files. Windows users have it fairly simple actually (as much as I hate
to admit it) as all they would have to do is right-click and "Extract".
You can always include instructions in either an on-screen format or a
README file (or both).

As I have been thinking about it, you are going to need to do a zip file
so that the user only has to download a single file.

Joseph

Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:04 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
>
>> That’s exactly why I need something that will put all the needed files
>> directly onto the flash drive – to take that responsibility away from
>> the user. Pulling the data from the DB and creating the folder
>> structure is easy with PHP – just not sure how to copy that folder
>> structure and related files to the flash drive without the user having
>> to know much of anything about computers. Was hoping there is maybe a
>> PHP extension that I didn’t know about, but sounds like a client side
>> is going to be my best bet.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]
>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:39 PM
>> To: Ben Miller
>> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
>> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the flash drive – need something that does it all for them so all they have to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store the preformatted presentation and then insert into a prospect’s computer and either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay command or b) open the presentation.html file.
>>
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]
>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
>> To: Ben Miller
>> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
>> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
>>
>> Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
>> catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), creating
>> their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive as
>> HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug their
>> drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
>> connection to the internet.
>> Ben
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
>> To: Ben Miller
>> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>> Hi,
>> you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your servers.
>> What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
>> HTML output of their data"?!?
>> Roberto Aloi
>> http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
>> Twitter: @prof3ta
>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
>>> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but I
>>> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal
>>>
>> data
>>
>>> to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need a
>>> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe
>>> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to
>>>
>> the
>>
>>> user's PC. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it up then send that down to the user?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ash
>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> That could end up in a lot of HTML and image files. Also, if you can't
>> rely on people to unzip a file, can you rely on them to know that they
>> need to keep the images with the HTML?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ash
>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> PHP can't do anything like that, PHP is all on the server. Javascript
> doesn't have anything like that either, but JScript and VBScript do I
> believe, although that limits you to only Internet Explorer, and only if
> the user has allowed the unsafe actions.
>
> Your best bet is to maybe try to use a format that keeps it all in one
> file, such as a PDF.
>
> Another solution would be to have the HTML reference the images from
> your own hosting, and put the entire presentation in one file.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>
>

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Re: Backup to local drive

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On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 16:52 -0600, Joseph Thayne wrote:

> PHP cannot create a folder structure on your local machine. I don't=20
> think Javascript or VBScript can either. Your best bet is with the zip=20
> files. Windows users have it fairly simple actually (as much as I hate=20
> to admit it) as all they would have to do is right-click and "Extract". =20
> You can always include instructions in either an on-screen format or a=20
> README file (or both).=20
>=20
> As I have been thinking about it, you are going to need to do a zip file=20
> so that the user only has to download a single file.
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> Joseph
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> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:04 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
> > =20
> >> Thatâ€=99s exactly why I need something that will put all the need=
ed files
> >> directly onto the flash drive â€=93 to take that responsibility aw=
ay from
> >> the user. Pulling the data from the DB and creating the folder
> >> structure is easy with PHP â€=93 just not sure how to copy that fo=
lder
> >> structure and related files to the flash drive without the user having
> >> to know much of anything about computers. Was hoping there is maybe a
> >> PHP extension that I didnâ€=99t know about, but sounds like a clie=
nt side
> >> is going to be my best bet.
> >>
> >> =20
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
> >> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:39 PM
> >> To: Ben Miller
> >> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
> >> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> =20
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20
> >>
> >>
> >> =20
> >> Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the =
flash drive â€=93 need something that does it all for them so all they =
have to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store the pre=
formatted presentation and then insert into a prospectâ€=99s computer a=
nd either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay command or b)=
open the presentation.html file.
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> Ben
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]=20
> >> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
> >> To: Ben Miller
> >> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
> >> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:=20
> >> =20
> >> Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
> >> catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), cre=
ating
> >> their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash driv=
e as
> >> HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug =
their
> >> drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
> >> connection to the internet.
> >> Ben
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]=20
> >> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
> >> To: Ben Miller
> >> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
> >> Hi,
> >> you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your se=
rvers.
> >> What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
> >> HTML output of their data"?!?
> >> Roberto Aloi
> >> http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
> >> Twitter: @prof3ta
> >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrot=
e:
> >> =20
> >>> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
> >>> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, =
but I
> >>> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that person=
al
> >>> =20
> >> data
> >> =20
> >>> to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to nee=
d a
> >>> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if ma=
ybe
> >>> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content =
to
> >>> =20
> >> the
> >> =20
> >>> user's PC. Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ben
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> =20
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it=
up then send that down to the user?
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ash
> >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >> =20
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> That could end up in a lot of HTML and image files. Also, if you can't
> >> rely on people to unzip a file, can you rely on them to know that they
> >> need to keep the images with the HTML?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ash
> >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> =20
> >>
> >>
> >> =20
> >
> > PHP can't do anything like that, PHP is all on the server. Javascript
> > doesn't have anything like that either, but JScript and VBScript do I
> > believe, although that limits you to only Internet Explorer, and only i=
f
> > the user has allowed the unsafe actions.
> >
> > Your best bet is to maybe try to use a format that keeps it all in one
> > file, such as a PDF.
> >
> > Another solution would be to have the HTML reference the images from
> > your own hosting, and put the entire presentation in one file.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> > =20


VBScript and JScript can definitely do it, as I've done something
similar before. Javascript may not be able to. Don't confuse JScript
with Javascript! One is for IE, the other is for everything else!

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk



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RE: Backup to local drive

At 3:04 PM -0700 12/11/09, Ben Miller wrote:
>That's exactly why I need something that will put all the needed
>files directly onto the flash drive - to take that responsibility
>away from the user. Pulling the data from the DB and creating the
>folder structure is easy with PHP - just not sure how to copy that
>folder structure and related files to the flash drive without the
>user having to know much of anything about computers. Was hoping
>there is maybe a PHP extension that I didn't know about, but sounds
>like a client side is going to be my best bet.

What you describe is an application that would run client-side. PHP
will not be able to help you, nor will javascript for neither have
that capability.

If the problem were mine, I would use Java to do this.

Cheers,

tedd

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Re: Re: Backup to local drive

Two words: Java Applet.. That's the stuff that Facebook and other social
sites do stuff like this, Although I've only seen it for upload.

One thing perhaps you can do is have the applet command the browser to
save the page as a complete web page onto the flash drive.

it's cross platform and cross browser compatible... Also, maybe with
some JQuery plugins you can have what you need.

Hoping that inspires/helps,
Carl.

Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 16:52 -0600, Joseph Thayne wrote:
>
>
>> PHP cannot create a folder structure on your local machine. I don't
>> think Javascript or VBScript can either. Your best bet is with the zip
>> files. Windows users have it fairly simple actually (as much as I hate
>> to admit it) as all they would have to do is right-click and "Extract".
>> You can always include instructions in either an on-screen format or a
>> README file (or both).
>>
>> As I have been thinking about it, you are going to need to do a zip file
>> so that the user only has to download a single file.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:04 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> That¡¯s exactly why I need something that will put all the needed files
>>>> directly onto the flash drive ¨C to take that responsibility away from
>>>> the user. Pulling the data from the DB and creating the folder
>>>> structure is easy with PHP ¨C just not sure how to copy that folder
>>>> structure and related files to the flash drive without the user having
>>>> to know much of anything about computers. Was hoping there is maybe a
>>>> PHP extension that I didn¡¯t know about, but sounds like a client side
>>>> is going to be my best bet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:39 PM
>>>> To: Ben Miller
>>>> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
>>>> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Too much reliance on the user knowing how to extract the files to the flash drive ¨C need something that does it all for them so all they have to do is insert the flash drive on their own computer to store the preformatted presentation and then insert into a prospect¡¯s computer and either a) (preferred) run the presentation via an autoplay command or b) open the presentation.html file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk]
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:25 PM
>>>> To: Ben Miller
>>>> Cc: 'Roberto'; php-general@lists.php.net
>>>> Subject: RE: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product
>>>> catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), creating
>>>> their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive as
>>>> HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug their
>>>> drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of
>>>> connection to the internet.
>>>> Ben
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM
>>>> To: Ben Miller
>>>> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Backup to local drive
>>>> Hi,
>>>> you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your servers.
>>>> What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the
>>>> HTML output of their data"?!?
>>>> Roberto Aloi
>>>> http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com
>>>> Twitter: @prof3ta
>>>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store
>>>>> personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but I
>>>>> need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> data
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need a
>>>>> clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe
>>>>> there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> user's PC. Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it up then send that down to the user?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ash
>>>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That could end up in a lot of HTML and image files. Also, if you can't
>>>> rely on people to unzip a file, can you rely on them to know that they
>>>> need to keep the images with the HTML?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ash
>>>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> PHP can't do anything like that, PHP is all on the server. Javascript
>>> doesn't have anything like that either, but JScript and VBScript do I
>>> believe, although that limits you to only Internet Explorer, and only if
>>> the user has allowed the unsafe actions.
>>>
>>> Your best bet is to maybe try to use a format that keeps it all in one
>>> file, such as a PDF.
>>>
>>> Another solution would be to have the HTML reference the images from
>>> your own hosting, and put the entire presentation in one file.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ash
>>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
> VBScript and JScript can definitely do it, as I've done something
> similar before. Javascript may not be able to. Don't confuse JScript
> with Javascript! One is for IE, the other is for everything else!
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>
>

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