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lazery
lazery

Reputation: 11

Save javascript output to a file?

I have php made website. It runs on windows machine. I have a javascript that i have tested that gets me the adobe version used by clients. The problem is that by running the code I'm able to retrieve the Adobe Reader version but cannot saved the output to a file on my server end.

Here is the Javascript code. I took this code from sister stackexchange website.

http://jsfiddle.net/EGbY5/3/

What is the best way to save this information from js? Should i use js or any other scripting? I read this from google that you cannot use js to save files on server? If this is true is there any other way.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 445

Answers (2)

ddavison
ddavison

Reputation: 29032

Ajax'll do it.

JavaScript source:

var adobeVersion = CheckAdobeVersion();
$.post("script.php", {version: adobeVersion}, function(){});

PHP source:

<?php
  $version = $_POST['version'];
  write all text to a file("my file.txt") // Pseudo code...
?>

Upvotes: 0

thatidiotguy
thatidiotguy

Reputation: 8991

I would suggest using AJAX (or a form, if you want the user to explicitly know this is happening) to send a request to your server side code detailing the information you have collected with the script.

The advantage of AJAX is that you can do all of this without the user being explicitly aware of it. The disadvantage is that you rely on their browser supporting Javascript, but since you are already collecting information using Javascript this problem is mute.

Upvotes: 1

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