Monthly Archives: September 2010

Exporting to CSV or TSV with PHP

Posted on September 28, 2010 by admin

Exporting to a CSV (comma-separated values) or TSV (tab-separated values) file with PHP is relatively simple with the combined use of: Content headers Formatted Printing Below, I'll show you an example which combines the two elements above with a database … Continue reading →

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ColdFusion PDF Exports

Posted on September 27, 2010 by admin

ColdFusion 7 and up makes it extremely easy to generate PDFs on the fly using the CFDocument tag, but it only offers the option of saving to a file, or streaming to the browser. If you want additional control, combine … Continue reading →

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ColdFusion CFZip file permissions

Posted on September 24, 2010 by admin

Those familiar with the CFZip tag know that it doesn't offer the "mode" attribute as CFFile does. This presents a problem when storing a zip file on the file system, especially when the need arises to overwrite that zip file. … Continue reading →

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