PHP - FLASH - CSV

[r.taaffe]

hi all,

 

okay i have constructed a string in flash and sent it to a php file using the

sendAndLoad("http://myfile.php", myData, "POST") method which sends the data to a php file

in my php file i have

 

<?php

  $exceldata = $_POST['exceldata']; 

$toSave = "$exceldata";

  $fp = fopen("excel_test.csv", "x");

  if(fwrite($fp, $toSave)) echo "writing=Ok";

  else echo "writing=Error";

  fclose($fp);

?>

 

this grabs the data from post and writes a csv file from flash.

 

my question is : i want the "save as" window to pop up and ask where the user wants to save it

as using the above code the csv file is placed in the same directory as the php file.

 

i have tried

  header("Content-type: application/force-download");

but nothing happens as i assume the page is not loaded (serverside)

 

any ideas ?

 

[camdagr81]

you want the save as dialog to show up for the local machine or the hosting machine?