create text file php code example

Example 1: write to file php

$myfile = fopen("newfile.txt", "w") or die("Unable to open file!");
fwrite($myfile, "Content to write to file");
fclose($myfile);

Example 2: create and download text file in php

$file = "test.txt";
$txt = fopen($file, "w") or die("Unable to open file!");
fwrite($txt, "lorem ipsum");
fclose($txt);

header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));
header('Expires: 0');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header("Content-Type: text/plain");
readfile($file);

Example 3: write in a file using php

<?php
$myfile = fopen("file_name.txt", "w") or die("Unable to open file!");
$txt = "Hello world\n";
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
$txt = " Php.\n";
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
fclose($myfile);
?>