RE: [PHP] Re: Generating CSV files on the fly and getting the browser to download

try making the generated csv file an attachment to the php file... like so... <?php $fileextension="csv"; $filename="report"; $fnsave = "$filename.$fileextension"; header("Content-type: application/force-download"); header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$fnsave"); echo '1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8'; ?> usually works for me. incidentally, what browser version are you using? on what os? dave -----Original Message----- From: Henry [mailto:henry@teacake.f9.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:43 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Re: Generating CSV files on the fly and getting the browser to download It didn'ti work ;-( Just showed a page with the data in! How would I do it with a file in any case? Henry "Lallous" <phplist@lgwm.org> wrote in message news:20020910091651.68352.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Try this: > > <?php > $fileextension="csv"; > $filename="report"; > $fnsave = "$filename.$fileextension"; > > header("Content-disposition: filename=$fnsave"); > header("Content-type: application/force-download"); > > // generate your CSV content here and print them to the browser via ECHO > echo 'a,b,c,d,1'; > //......................... > > ?> > > Elias > > "Henry" <henry@teacake.f9.co.uk> wrote in message > news:20020910090639.61998.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Hi All, > > > > I suspect this is a commonly asked question but; how do I generate a CSV > > files on the fly and get the browser to download it. > > > > Do I actually need to generate a file or can I just generate a variable > > contain the data that would be in the file? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > TIA > > > > Henry > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php