Trying to start a csv file download using headers in php

[rxbanditboy1112]

The download doesn't start and nothing appears on the screen. This happens in IE and Firefox.

 

header("Content-type: text/plain");
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename=$file_name.csv');
echo $data; 

 

The data and file name is created before. I have tried a number a bunch of different things with the header, but it is not working. I don't get it....

 

I also tried this:

header('Pragma: no-cache');
header('Expires: 0');
header('Content-Type: text/x-csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file_name.csv');
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
echo $data; 

[btherl]

Try double-quoting the filename.  You can also try text/csv instead of text/x-csv.  Not sure what difference that will make.

[Barand]

this has worked for me

 

<?php
$filename = 'xyz.csv';

header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); // Date in the past

echo "A, 1, 2, 3\n";
echo "B, 4, 5, 6\n"; 

[rxbanditboy1112]

I tried:

<?php
$filename = 'xyz.csv';

header('Content-type: application/octet-stream');
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate"); // HTTP/1.1
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); // Date in the past

echo "A, 1, 2, 3\n";
echo "B, 4, 5, 6\n"; 

 

Now it works in firefox, but in IE it outputs to the browser rather than start a download.

[btherl]

Did you restart IE?  You may need to clear the cache, as it remembers content types.