Thanks for the recommendation! I've got it working now (pointing the form action directly to the file doing the processing, then exit() at the end of the process), but I'd like to be A LOT more confident that I understand why its working! Can anyone point me to books/articles/tutorial that focus on how PHP interprets headers or what's happening in the background when you download from the server? Thanks - Rick ============ MFR Holdings, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 201.755.4083
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Noland Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:18 AM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] xls output: localhost works, www doesn't Try an ob_clean() before sending the header. That way you make sure there are no extra LF/CR in your output. On 1/14/08, Rick Retzko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Hi all - Hopefully one of you have seen this and can quickly point me to the error of my ways. I need to output small files from mysql database to the user via excel files. I'm using the following class to do this: private function output_file(){ //output the file to the user header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename={$this->_file_name}"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header("Expires:0"); echo "{$this->_export_string}"; exit(); } This works perfectly on localhost, but when I move it to my www site, it outputs the data onto the screen. I've tried using "header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');" as well, with the same results. All help is appreciated! Best Regards - Rick ============ MFR Holdings, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 201.755.4083 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
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