ajax - Is it possible to write to a file (on a disk) using JavaScript?

Question

I am a novice-intermediate programmer taking a stab at AJAX. While reading up on JavaScript I found it curious that most of the examples I've been drawing on use PHP for such an operation. I know many of you may argue that 'I'm doing it wrong' or 'JavaScript is a client-side language' etc. but the question stands. . .can you write a file in only JavaScript?

Answer 1

Yes, of course you can. It just depends on what API objects your javascript engine makes available to you.

However, odds are the javascript engine you're thinking about does not provide this capability. Definitely none of the major web browsers will allow it.