Generate and download word and excel file using http headers

Dear Sirs,

I want to know if we can use the following http headers to generate word and excel files in Exeoutput for php:
1.header(“Content-type: application/vnd.ms-word”);
header(“Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=document_name.doc”);
2.header(“Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel”);
header(“Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=document_name.xls”);

If not, what is the alternate method, if any, in exeoutput for php.

Awaiting your kind reply,

Regards,

Kandarp Mistry

If you want to generate Word and Excel files from your PHP application, I recommend you this:

1. use the standard Save As dialog box functions provided by ExeOutput to ask your user where he wants to save the XLS / DOC file: don’t try to send custom headers to the browser to trigger a download window, it won’t work.
   Study this article: http://www.exeoutput.com/help/savedialogbox
2. The standard Save As dialog box will return the path to the file chosen by the user. Just use this full path to generate the XLS / DOC file as usual with your PHP code.
   It’s a different way than sending data to the browser: you send it to a file.