jquery php and csv exporting

Answer 1

Hi,

for which part of this task do you need help?

The following command prints a file to the user:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

eg:

echo file_get_contents("myfile.csv");

edit

Try to add the following headers to your php-page, which will be called for your ajax call:

header("Content-Type: text/csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"export.csv\"");

Answer 2

You can just link to the file (no ajax, no $.post) with the header henchman said. It will download the file. Ajax is ment for javascript to get the file, not to perfom download.

Answer 3

That solution worked a treat - adding the mime and attachment headers - link wanted to open the file in Excel just like it was supposed to do.