Get the content of a DIV and save to a file, jQuery/JS or Server-side

Question

In my site I need to get content of one of DIV and save the content to a file.

I'm just wondering whether is there possibility to to do it in jQuery or JS if not do I have to use server based language like PHP.

Or any one got example or tutorial relative this query?

Answer 1

Using jQuery, access the content of the div using .text();

Then use jquery ajax function to POST this to a PHP script. Inside the php script you should open a file stream using fopen() with "w+" permission and then use fwrite() to write the contents into the file.

Answer 2

You can use jQuery's AJAX function to send the information to a script on the server that would create and save the file on the server.

Directly you cant use jQuery or JS to this purpose.

Answer 3

You could also use the HTML5 Filesystem API to save the file in the browser and use a[download] to present the user with a download link. Alternatively, you could skip the Filesystem and just do the latter.