[SOLVED] Force Download Excel XML

[Dead6re]

During runtime of a script, I have a XML file that is generated as a feed (export). Now the XML formatting is in Excel XML and I need a way to get the client to download the file instead of showing the file.

 

How do I force a download of the file?

 

Thanks, Dead6re

[The Little Guy]

I think something like this might work:

 

<?php
// We'll be outputting a XML
header('Content-type: text/xml');

// It will be called downloaded.xml
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.xml"');

// The XML source is in original.xml
readfile('original.xml');
?>

 

Source: http://us.php.net/header Example#1 Download dialog

[Dead6re]

Okay, that works for making the file downloadable but when I press open, it doesn't work.

 

URL to test: http://nofear.getenjoyment.net/txml.php

[mesje]

Okay, that works for making the file downloadable but when I press open, it doesn't work.

 

URL to test: http://nofear.getenjoyment.net/txml.php

 

works for me

[lovesmith]

use the functions below

function force_download ($data, $name, $mimetype='', $filesize=false) {
    // File size not set?
    if ($filesize == false OR !is_numeric($filesize)) {
        $filesize = strlen($data);
    }

    // Mimetype not set?
    if (empty($mimetype)) {
        $mimetype = 'application/octet-stream';
    }

    // Make sure there's not anything else left
    ob_clean_all();

    // Start sending headers
    header("Pragma: public"); // required
    header("Expires: 0");
    header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
    header("Cache-Control: private",false); // required for certain browsers
    header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
    header("Content-Type: " . $mimetype);
    header("Content-Length: " . $filesize);
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . $name . "\";" );

    // Send data
echo $data;
    die();
}
force_download($strdata,"orders.txt",'','');
//$strdata is the data that holds the output contents.

 

HOpe this helps