Re: [development] How do I send a file to the user?

On 1/31/07, Ernst Plüss <ernst.pluess@gmail.com> wrote:

I want to do the following: The users fills out a form and depending on that data an excel export is generated. The user should be prompted to store/open the file.

The code to create the excel data is working fine.

But I don't know how to do the file sending stuff? Is hook_file_download the right way to go? If yes, after I have the excel file content stored in a variable how does it get to the implementation of hook_file_download?

Well if you're actually generating a file file_tranfer() would do the trick. Though even if you're streaming something the code would give you good starting point. http://api.drupal.org/api/HEAD/function/file_transfer Good luck, andrew