Re: setting header() for csv file
| From: | David T-G | Date: | Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:32:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: setting header() for csv file | ||
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Hi again --
..and then David T-G said...
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% How do I construct the headers so that the browser says "Oh, this is a
It turns out that my header attempt was good and I just had to try again.
I don't *think* I had the same blank-line-of-output as mentioned in the
manual, but it's possible :-)
Now my
header("Content-Type: application/csv") ;
works dandily.
% CSV file, and here is its name; where shall I save it?" and the user
% doesn't have to jump through any hoops?
I finally found it! Thanks, google, and some patience :-) What I wanted
was the disposition, so I now have
header ("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=$name.csv") ;
and all the user has to do is pick the local directory. Woo hoo!
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Thanks anyway, and here's hoping that this will pop up in the archives
for the next seeker.
HAND
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