RE: [PHP] Exporting HTML to Excel

Philip, have you checked the php freaks website? I do recall seeing a script in their tutorials library that claimed to create Excel files. http://www.phpfreaks.com Just had a search and came up with: <? header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel"); ^^^^ echo "<table border=1> <tr> <td>Cell 1</td> <td>Cell 2</td> </tr> </table>"; ?> HTH Graham > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Thompson [mailto:prthomp@uark.edu] > Sent: 12 October 2004 22:21 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Exporting HTML to Excel > > > Hi all. > > This may not be completely a PHP question, but hopefully you will be > able to provide some insight. I have a table in HTML that I want to > export to an excel spreadsheet. Using PHP, I can create an excel > document - however, it's empty/blank. I think I am just doing it > incorrectly. Anybody done this before and/or have any ideas? I would > prefer to NOT use a third-party program. > > I've searched the web and php.net, but have been somewhat unsuccessful > in finding anything. Here's what I have so far: > > ------------- > <?php > header('Content-Type: application/ms-excel'); > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="project.xls"'); > ?> > > <table> > <tr> > <td>Something</td> > </td>Something else</td> > </tr> > </table> > ------------- > > I just want it to have that content in the spreadsheet. It's actually > more involved than that, but that's the gist of it. > > Thanks in advance. > ~Philip > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >