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[nycphp-talk] Excel library

Russ Demarest rsd at electronink.com
Thu Apr 29 12:29:34 EDT 2004


I will leave that for the MIME masters. My headers work as I want them  
to so if it ain't broke ....

Russ

On Apr 29, 2004, at 12:24 PM, Phillip Powell wrote:

> Russ Demarest wrote:
>
>> You can also add Excel headers and send a HTML table and Excel will  
>> usually open it.
>>
>> Be sure this goes to the browser first.
>>
>>                $filename =  
>> strftime("add_your_filename_%y%m%d_%H%M.xls");
>>                 header("Content-type: application/x-msexcel");
>
>
> Shouldn't that be "Content-type: application.vnd-msexcel"?
>
> Phil
>
>>                 header("Content-Disposition: attachment;  
>> filename=\"$filename\"");
>>
>> Then a plain old HTML table should open in Excel.
>>
>>     Russ
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Mark Armendariz wrote:
>>
>>> Later Versions of excel properly parses csv  (Comma Seperated  
>>> Values) files,
>>> and even own's the file type upon installation (by default, anyways)  
>>> on MS.
>>> So you COULD potentially just output a csv file, and Excel should  
>>> open it
>>> right up and parse it accordingly.  That's a basic, no research  
>>> necessary,
>>> out of time, low budget option anyways :)
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
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