[SOLVED] form -> CSV not working

[gin]

If I do the following it works as expected. The variable $foo is passed from the form correctly.

<?php
echo '"aaa","bbb"';
$out = "\n\"".$_POST['foo'].'"';
print $out;
?>

 

However, in the following the variable doesn't pass at all. The CSV file comes out okay, but where the variable should be there is nothing.

<?php
header("Content-type: application/csv");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=file.csv");
echo '"aaa","bbb"';
$out = "\n\"".$_POST['foo'].'"';
print $out;
?>

 

Any advice much appreciated, for the sake of my remaining hair.

[spfoonnewb]

It seems to come through for me:

 

<?php
ob_start();
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="foo">
<input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
if (!empty($_POST["foo"])) {
	header("Content-type: application/csv");
	header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=file.csv");
	echo '"aaa","bbb"';
	$out = "\n\"".$_POST['foo'].'"';
	print $out;
}
?>

[gin]

That doesn't work for me. The resultant file has the wrong filename (test.php instead of file.csv) and the contents are only the <form>...</form>, even when I placed the form in the else portion of that if statement.

 

I'm using Apache 2, PHP 5, MySQL 5, if it's relevant.

[gin]

bump

[kenrbnsn]

The following code works fine in both FF2 & MSIE7:

<?php
if (!empty($_POST["foo"])) {
	header("Content-type: application/csv");
	header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=file.csv");
	echo '"aaa","bbb"';
	$out = "\n" . '"'.$_POST['foo'].'"';
	print $out;
	exit();
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="foo">
<input type="submit">
</form>

 

Which browser are you using?

 

Ken

[gin]

I was using FF1.5. Actually I think it had nothing to do with the browser and all to do with the Free Download Manager that was downloading the file. Once I disabled it, the variables came thru fine.

 

Thanks for all the help, guys!