header using fwrite

(@hsysgrp)

Is there a syntax to insert a tag in the fwrite( $output, $LastName . “, ” . $FirstName ); to make it bold? ie

Abraskin, Jo Anne (H) n/a (C) 845/901-0373 409 Crystal Hill Lane Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 [email protected] 5204216 CUNY Richmond College, BA Columbia Univ., MA

$LastName = $row['LastName']; $FirstName = $row['FirstName']."\n"; $HomePhone = "(H) " .$row['HomePhone']."\n"; $CellPhone = "(C) " .$row['CellPhone']."\n"; $Address1 = $row['Address1']."\n"; $City = $row['City']; $State = $row['State']; $Zip = $row['Zip']."\n"; $Email = $row['Email']."\n"; $ID = $row['ID']."\n"; $College1 =$row['College1']."\n"; $College2 =$row['College2']."\n"; $College3 =$row['College3']."\n"; $output = fopen('php://output', 'w'); fwrite( $output, $LastName . ", " . $FirstName ); fwrite( $output, $HomePhone); fwrite( $output, $CellPhone); fwrite( $output, $Address1); fwrite( $output, $City . ", " . $State . " " . $Zip ); fwrite ( $output, $Email ); fwrite ( $output, $ID ); fwrite ( $output, $College1 ); fwrite ( $output, $College2 ); fwrite ( $output, $College3 );

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corrinarusso
(@corrinarusso)

4 years, 10 months ago

fwrite( $output, . "" . $LastName . ", " . $FirstName . "" );

Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago

Thank you, but sorry, I had tried that. error is:
[03-Aug-2021 15:08:59 UTC] WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE option_name = 'jetpack_sync_full_status' LIMIT 1' at line 1 for query SELECT option_value FROM WHERE option_name = 'jetpack_sync_full_status' LIMIT 1 made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action('shutdown'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, Automattic\Jetpack\Sync\Sender->do_full_sync, Automattic\Jetpack\Sync\Modules\Full_Sync_Immediately->get_status, Jetpack_Options::get_raw_option
Seems a bit of overkill for one tag.
corrinarusso
(@corrinarusso)

4 years, 10 months ago
If this works:
$HomePhone = “(H) ” .$row[‘HomePhone’].”\n”;
then use the same approach:
```
$LastName = "" .$row['LastName']."\n";
$FirstName = "" .$row['FirstName']."\n";
```
Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago
Result after removing first linefeed,
```
$LastName = "" .$row['LastName'].";
$FirstName = "" .$row['FirstName']."\n";
```
Axxxxxx, Jo Anne
(H) n/a
(C) 845/xxx-0373
666 Crystal Hill Lane
- This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by bcworkz.
Moderator bcworkz
(@bcworkz)

4 years, 10 months ago

Appears to be resolved, but FWIW…

There is a syntax error in Corrina’s first suggested code, there should be no dot operator after $output,. That’s a very strange error message due to a syntax error! Probably due to some strange Jetpack error handling.

Because PHP will concatenate variable values in double quoted strings, you could just do:
fwrite( $output, "$LastName, $FirstName\n" );
Just FYI, there’s no harm in sticking with what you have working.

I’ll go ahead and mark this topic as resolved for you. It remains open if you have anything to add.

Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago

No, it’s not resolved, the output is
`Axxxx, Jo Anne
(H) n/a
(C) 8xx/901-0373
xxx Crystal Hill Lane

the “” prints instead of executing from the following:.
$LastName = “” . $row[‘LastName’] . ““;
$FirstName = “” . $row[‘FirstName’] . “” . “\n”;
…
fwrite( $output, $LastName . “, ” . $FirstName );
Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago
Sorry, I see I have to put these statements in code for the strong to not execute in the message!
```
$LastName = "" . $row['LastName'] . "";
$FirstName = "" . $row['FirstName'] . "" . "\n";
```
fwrite( $output, $LastName . ", " . $FirstName );

The output is
```
Axxxxx, Jo Anne
(H) n/a
(C) 845/xxx-0373
888 Crystal Hill Lane
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
a
```
- This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by bcworkz.
Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago

The first line in the above submission is NOT in bold. In the Notepad output file it reads in normal print Axxxxx, Jo Anne

Moderator bcworkz
(@bcworkz)

4 years, 10 months ago

OK, not resolved. I’m not sure I follow what you’re after. The output you’re getting is functionally equivalent to what you said you wanted in you OP, other than the comma isn’t bold. Aren’t you writing to the PHP output buffer? How does Notepad fit into the picture? Buffer content eventually ends up in a browser client.

It’s not necessary to fwrite() to the output buffer. A more conventional approach is to start the buffer with ob_start(). Then your code can generate output as normal with echo and similar and it’ll go to the buffer instead of out to the client. And if buffer content is not going to be processed further, why buffer at all? Why wouldn’t you simply echo everything directly?
Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago
The page is https://hsysgrp.com/download-data/. Subpages download data like birthdays this month, etc. most of the data is downloaded in csv format, however this data is downloaded to directory.txt, as it gets copied into a Word template to go to the printer. I am trying to print the first line of each entry in bold. I know NotePad can do Bold if you set the Font to Bold but then it’s all Bold.
What gets downloaded into the directory.txt file is
Axxxxx, Jo Anne
(H) n/a
(C) 845/xxx-0373
888 Crystal Hill Lane
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
```
$LastName = "" . $row['LastName'] . "";
$FirstName = "" . $row['FirstName'] . "" . "\n";
```
fwrite( $output, $LastName . “, ” . $FirstName );
Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago
It did it again, my question bolds the first line, put the downloaded file does not.
```
Txxxxx, Frances H
(H) 845/xxx-8892
(C) 845/xxx-2091
243 Traver Road
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
[email protected]
5369070
SUNY New Paltz BSN
Mount St. Mary MSN
```
Moderator bcworkz
(@bcworkz)

4 years, 10 months ago

You cannot font weight specific content in a .txt file. You’d need to create a differently formatted document like .rtf or .docx. I don’t think Notepad will even properly display such formats, you’d need to use Wordpad, Word or similar. These formats are not trivial to manually code, but there are conversion libraries that’ll convert something that’s easier to code like Markdown.

Dion
(@diondesigns)

4 years, 10 months ago

If you want to view the HTML you’re writing out to a file, then name the file directory.html and manually load it into your browser using the Ctrl-O hotkey. (Note that you might need to add   tags, both to view and for the import to Word.)

Thread Starter hsysgrp
(@hsysgrp)

4 years, 10 months ago

OK, thank you.