Embed excel file into PHP page

[never_rain]

I have an excel file that I want to show in PHP page. I dont want this to first download and then view. I want it something like gmail where you just click on the file name and it opens up. Can you please give me an idea as how to do this.

 

Regards,

 

Faisa

[lqdmindz]

I read somewhere, i think, that it is a headers issue.  Also that is can be quite dangerous security wise.

[never_rain]

Well.. still I am looking for the solution.. any ideas how to show an Excel sheet in web page ?

[squiblo]

save the excel file as a web page, a few google searches will give you an idea what to do

[charles07]

try this, but u should use .csv format instead of excel format

 

<?php 
      $cnx = fopen("example.csv", "r"); //open example.csv 
      echo("<table style='border:1px solid #ddd;'>"); // echo the table 
      while (!feof ($cnx)) { // while not end of file 
      $buffer = fgets($cnx); // get contents of file (name) as variable 
      $values = explode(",", $buffer); //explode "," between the values within the  contents 
      echo "<tr >"; 
      for ( $j = 0; $j < count($values); $j++ ) {  // 
      echo("<td style='border:1px solid #ddd;'>$values[$j]</td>"); 
      } 
      echo"</tr>"; 
      }; 
      echo("</table>"); 
      fclose($cnx); //close filename variable 
      ?>