Generating a word file from a form using php.

Question

I need to generate a word file every time someone completes a html form. Can someone help me with any piece of code.

Possible duplicate of [Create and download a text file using php](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11056033/create-and-download-a-text-file-using-php) — prasanth, May 31 '17 at 12:26
I find it extremely difficult to believe you found nothing in a web search about doing this — charlietfl, May 31 '17 at 12:31
Something [like this](https://www.google.com/#q=Generating+a+word+file+from+a+form+using+php.) perhaps. — alanlittle, May 31 '17 at 13:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '17 at 12:27

You can use HTTP headers

<?php
  header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-word");
  header("Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=document_name.doc");    
  echo "<html>";
  echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=Windows-1252\">";
  echo "<body>";
  echo "<b>Demo Text</b>";
  echo "</body>";
  echo "</html>";
?>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '17 at 12:46

There are tons of libraries for PHP to create Word files.

All you then have to do is adding this to your PHP file:

<?php
    header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");   
?>

This tells the browser that the resource should be downloaded. After that, you just have to output the contents of your generated Word-file.

Generating a word file from a form using php.

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