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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>
<div>
<?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 / > purchases/user3.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>
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