i have this on top of my php page:
header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=excelfile.xls");
but it is not prompt to save the file instead it opens right in IE.
my question is how do i force the browser prompts to save the file?
<?php
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
?>
That should do the trick, but if not then try adding the Content-Type header from below.
<?
function force_download($filename,$dir='./') {
if ((isset($file))&&(file_exists($dir.$file))) {
header("Content-type: application/force-download");
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="'.$dir.$filename.'"');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
header("Content-length: ".filesize($dir.$filename));
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
readfile($dir.$filename);
} else {
echo "No file selected";
}
}
?>
FYI You have Content-Disposition twice; you only need the second.
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