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

Ernst Plüss wrote:

Hi

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?

TIA Ernst

no, thats not the right function. you just need to send the right http headers and then print out your excel data. see http://us2.php.net/header. you can use that function directly. no benefit to going through drupal here.