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Printable Document Generation with PHP

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Written by Chetankumar Akarte

Tuesday, 13 March 2007

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Printable Document Generation with PHP
Advantages of RFT Format
1. Generate Template
2. Open template in PHP
3. Modifying contents
4. Save Document
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Open the template document in PHP

Now the Template document has been generated. The next process is simply a matter of opening the template from within a PHP script and making the necessary modifications. To open our file using php we are using primary file-access function the fopen() function. The formal syntax of the fopen() function is as follows:
fopen(string $filename, string $mode [, boolean $use_include_path ])
$filename represents the filename to open, $mode represents the "mode" under which the fopen() function is opening the file (see Table 1), and $use_include_path is a Boolean value that indicates whether the file should be looked for in the PHP include path. The fopen() function then returns a "reference" to the opened file, which is used when working with other file system functions, or returns false if the fopen() call fails.

Table 1 Modes supported by fopen()
r	Open the file for reading.
r+	Open the file for reading and writing.
w	Open the file for writing, overwriting existing files, and creating the file if it does not exist.
w+	Open the file for reading and writing, overwriting existing files, and creating the file if it does not exist.
a	Open the file for writing, creating the file if it does not exist, and appending to the file if it does.
a+	Open the file for reading and writing, creating the file if it does not exist, and appending to the file if it does.
b	Open the file in binary reading/writing mode (applicable only on Windows systems; however, recommended in all scripts).