Question... PHP functions that'll work? - Solved

[WebDevandPhoto]

this is well beyond anything I've tried before (I'm new to webdesign btw, I'm a photographer/student)... even when reducing it to a string, it still doesn't output to the file but pushes the buffer to the browser as raw data... it's really ugly.. lol. I've no idea what the issue is.. I'm using XAMP 1.8.1 on windows 7x64 for development..
one person claimed it worked while others aren't sure:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15080...e-with-php