How I Let A User Select A Folder To Save Excel File ?

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Hello everyone

I obtained data from MySQL database with PHP script, and after I want export the data to MS Excel file, I managed to export but the aplication itselfs that supported Download with the script bellow, I used the PHPExcel lib:

PHP

$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
$name = 'a_name';
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel5');
header('Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition:inline;filename='.$name.'.xls');
$objWriter->save('php://output');

Before exporting the data,I want that the application displays the user a dialog box that asks where to save, How i can do it ?

thank you in advance

Posted 6-Jul-14 15:36pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-06T16:51:00

Solution 1

When you add the "Content-type" header which is recognized by the browser, but the content of this type cannot be rendered inside the browser, the browser is supposed to give the user the dialog box you want. You don't need to do anything else, and, in fact, you cannot.

—SA

Posted 6-Jul-14 16:51pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov