Phpexcel to Download

phpexcel to download

Instead of saving it to a file, save it to php://output^­Docs:

$objWriter->save('php://output');

This will send it AS-IS to the browser.

You want to add some headers^­Docs first, like it's common with file downloads, so the browser knows which type that file is and how it should be named (the filename):

// We'll be outputting an excel file
header('Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel');

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

// Write file to the browser
$objWriter->save('php://output');

First do the headers, then the save. For the excel headers see as well the following question: Setting mime type for excel document.

PHPExcel - instead of downloading save it to the directory

1. Remove all header()'s
2. Use full path's: e.g /home/database/public_html/application/mail/
3. Cron job: Remove if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli') die('This example should only be run from a Web Browser'); because this line of code checks if script is "called" by server(cgi-fcgi) or user(cli).

After that, you can use cron jobs or similar (if sever trying to run .php script).
If you trying to reach link trough web browser, you must use headers because headers talk with browser.

PHPExcel download file, excel file hieroglyphics

The PK at the begining gives away it's a zip file. Coincidentally, xlsx is a special kind of zip file. Try to save the file as .xlsx instead of .xls and Excel should handle it correctly.

Given you're specifying Excel2007 as the format, you're getting an .xlsx file. If you need a .xls file, maybe you can use Excel2003 instead.

phpexcel - Making file to download rather than saving in the server

You should have this in your code.

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('Simple');
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0);

in addition to the code your provided for the file download.

You your code will be

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', TRUE);
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli')
    die('This example should only be run from a Web Browser');

require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Classes/PHPExcel.php';
$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
// Set properties
$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setCreator("Jobin Jose");
$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setLastModifiedBy("Jobin Jose");
$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setTitle("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setSubject("Office 2007 XLSX Test Document");
$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setDescription("Test document for Office 2007 XLSX, generated using PHPExcel classes.");
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('A1', 'Hello');
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('B2', 'world!');
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->SetCellValue('D2', 'world!');
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('Simple');
$gdImage = imagecreatefromjpeg('http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/fond-ecran-wallpaper-image-arriere-plan-hd-29-HD.jpg');
// Add a drawing to the worksheetecho date('H:i:s') . " Add a drawing to the worksheet\n";
$objDrawing = new PHPExcel_Worksheet_MemoryDrawing();
$objDrawing->setName('Sample image');
$objDrawing->setDescription('Sample image');
$objDrawing->setImageResource($gdImage);
$objDrawing->setRenderingFunction(PHPExcel_Worksheet_MemoryDrawing::RENDERING_JPEG);
$objDrawing->setMimeType(PHPExcel_Worksheet_MemoryDrawing::MIMETYPE_DEFAULT);
$objDrawing->setHeight(150);
$objDrawing->setCoordinates('C1');
$objDrawing->setWorksheet($objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet());
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel2007');
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('Simple');

$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="01simple.xls"');
header('Cache-Control: max-age=0');
header('Cache-Control: max-age=1');

header ('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT'); // Date in the past
header ('Last-Modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT'); // always modified
header ('Cache-Control: cache, must-revalidate'); // HTTP/1.1
header ('Pragma: public'); // HTTP/1.0

$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel5');
$objWriter->save('php://output');
exit;

PHPExcel download file

I have found a solution to download using AngularJS with ability to change the filename on the fly. We will need to download FileSave.js and include in the header of index.html. The code snippet is as below:

main.js

$scope.fetchReport = function(){
            $http({
                url: 'path_to_php_file',
                method: 'POST',
                responseType: 'arraybuffer',
                headers: {
                    'Content-type': 'application/json',
                    'Accept': 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet'
                }
            }).success(function(data){
                var blob = new Blob([data], {type: "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"});
                saveAs(blob, file_name_to_be+'.xlsx');
            }).error(function(){
                //Some error log
            });
        }

index.html

<button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="fetchReport()">Get Report</button>

php file is same as in the question, just need to add a few lines before exit;

header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename);
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename));
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: public');

//Replace php://output with $filename and add code below after that(before exit;)
readfile($filename);

Note: It's only for HTML5 suppported browser.

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