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Using popen() to Pass Data to the column Application
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<title>Using popen() to pass data to the column command</title>
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<body>
<?php
$products = array(array( "A", 2, "red" ),
array( "B", 3, "blue" ),
array( "C", 1, "pink" ),
array( "D", 1, "orange" )
);
$ph = popen( "column -tc 3 -s / > data.txt", "w" ) or die( "Couldn't open connection to 'column' command" );
foreach ( $products as $prod )
fputs( $ph, join('/', $prod)."\n");
pclose( $ph );
?>
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</body>
</html>
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