Re: Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer problem

"Justin Patrin" <papercrane@gmail.com> wrote in message news:432beae04072611402ee26154@mail.gmail.com... > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:11:01 +0100, Alex Othold > <alex@adido-solutions.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm sorry if I'm posting this to the wrong newsgroup I wasn't sure which one > > to use. > > > > I have a class the utilizes the excel writer package but I'm having a few > > problems with it on my production server. > > > > My development server is a Windows XP Pro box running PHP version 4.3.5. On > > this box I dont get any problems and my class generates a valid excel > > document. > > > > My production server is a FreeBSD box running PHP version 4.3.4. With this > > box my class will create a excel document but when I go to open the file up, > > it comes back and tells me the file is unreadable. > > > > Can anyone help me with this or point me in the right direction, as its > > driving me mad. > > > > Try opening the generated document in a text editor. Do you see any > messages at the top? Likely, there are notices ot warnings being > reported by PHP that are getting into the output. > > -- > DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips > http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder > > paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have checked the generated file in a text editor but it just tells me its an empty file (0 bytes). The query I run def returns data as I can generate a tab sperated excel file from it.