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Asked: 2026-06-14T19:54:14+00:00

I’ve created a PHP file which shows the results from a MySQL database as

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I’ve created a PHP file which shows the results from a MySQL database as we all create like in

echo "<table><tr><td>";
...
echo "</td></tr></table>";

But now I want to make a button at the bottom of the table, something like ‘save report’, which saves the created table into HTML format.

So how could it be done?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the following scripts:

    index.php
    In index.php, you have the HTML table.

    <?php

$contents = "<table><tr><td>A</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td>One</td><td>Two</td></tr><tr><td>Three</td><td>Four</td></tr></table>"; // Put here the source code of your table.

?>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Save the file!</title>
    </head>
    <body>

        <?php echo $contents; ?>

        <form action="savefile.php" method="post">
            <input type="hidden" name="contents" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($contents); ?>">
            <input type="submit" value="Save file" />
        </form>
    </body>
</html>

    savefile.php
    And then use the file savefile.php to popup your browser’s download dialog to save the file.

    <?php

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
    header('Content-type: text/html');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="table.html"');

    echo $_POST['contents'];
}

?>
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