Question

$rtf=<<<RTF
    {\rtf1
    \b [TITLE] \b0\par
    \b [MESSAGE] \b0\par
    }
RTF;

$rtf = str_replace('[TITLE]',$valueTitle,$rtf);
$rtf = str_replace('[MESSAGE]',$valueMessage,$rtf);

After I have finished editing a rtf file in php like above, how do i save it with a new file name in a specific location for people to download?

Answer 1

You can save it with file_put_contents() and simply offer the link to download, with the appropriate headers.

// $rtf holds your complete file data
file_put_contents('/path/to/outfile.rtf', $rtf);

Then you can either simply give them the direct download, or serve it with the right headers like this, useful if you need additional processing or access protection or something…

header("Content-type: application/rtf");
echo file_get_contents("/path/to/outfile.rtf");
exit();