Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer get file content


Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer get file content



I need to attach an XLS-file to e-mail via PHP.
The Problem is - Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer send a HTTP Header to a browser an then the content. Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer API has no any functions like get_content to become the file content directly. I don't want to save the file first, I just want to jump this step over, saving the content directly as attachment.
Any ideas?


Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer


Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer


get_content



Thx a lot.




3 Answers
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There isn't a "write to file" method in Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer. At most you can send it directly to the client with the ->send() method. This means you COULD capture the output with PHP's output buffering, and grab the data as a string, which can then be inserted into an email (e.g. via PHPMailer's ->AddStringAttachment()).


->send()


->AddStringAttachment()



You may want to investigate switching to PHPExcel, since Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer is essentially dead in the water, minus a few minor bug fixes. PHPExcel supports Excel 2007, while S_E_W is stuck at Excel 5.0 (early 90's). It also has a ->save() method to write to file.


->save()





the file i generate with PEAR-Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.3...is in Read-Only Mode, Any idea to solve it ?
– Hytool
Sep 1 '16 at 9:32



Albeit the OP doesn't want to save the file first, I was looking for a means to output inline as opposed to attachment using the ::send method.


::send



The PEAR Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer 0.1 to 0.9.4 constructor supports a $filename argument. [sic 0.1]
and [sic 0.9.4]


Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer


0.1


0.9.4


$filename



When supplied, calling the Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer::close method on the instantiated object, will output the generated spreadsheet to the specified path.


Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer::close


$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer('/path/to/output/file.xls');
//...
$workbook->close();

$data = file_get_contents('/path/to/output/file.xls');
//or file_get_contents($workbook->_filename);
unlink('/path/to/output/file.xls');






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