Re: header function query

output the html you want to send afterwards first, then either put a link to another script that outputs the word file, or have an auto-launch ajax routine (i recommend jquery.com for ajax) do it automatically. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Nick allan <nallan@wdev.net> wrote: > Hi all > > The situation is as follows > > I've read some data in from a couple of files into a string variable, made > some changes to it and want to send the contents of the string out to the > browser as a word document. > > My code currently looks like the following > > header('Content-Type: application/msword'); > >                header('Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="preq.doc"'); > > ob_clean(); > > echo $allText; > > > > > > The above code works fine, the client gets a file download dialogue and can > save or open the file. > > How can I indicate end of file, then continue writing html to display a new > page. I want to be able to ask the user some additional questions after they > have downloaded the file.  My problem is that if I add any html code after > the above echo statement, it is included in the downloaded file. > > There's probably a simple answer to this, but I haven't been able to find > anything using google. > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > Regards Nick > > > >