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Posted by John on 10/04/84 11:39
John wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using php to provide Excel files stored in a database to web users.
> The important part of my code is this:
>
> $buffer = mysql_result($result, 0, 'survey');
> header("Content-type: application/excel");
> header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=test.xls");
> echo($buffer);
>
> This works perfectly with firefox, but not at all with IE.
>
> I just get the pop-up "Internet Explorer cannot download viewdoc.php
> from <site_name>. Internet Explorer wa snot able to open this Internet
> site. The requested site is eitherunavailable or cannot be found. Please
> try again later.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> BTW, if i change the content type to application/vnd.ms-excel, all it
> does is give me a security warning before providing the same error message.
>
> John
Sometimes it helps to write down your thoughts when solving problems.
After a re-google, I saw this snippet on Joseph Scott's blog:
if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE')) {
session_cache_limiter("public");
}
Put this in before the session_start() command, and all is well.
Original Source: http://tinyurl.com/9jva2
Cheers,
John
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