4 Quick Steps to Export HTML Content to Doc in CakePHP by Jyoti May 13, 2016 < 1 Minute ReadPlease follow these Simple & Quick Steps to Export your HTML Content to Doc in CakePHP:- Step#1: Build the <HTML> content dynamically according to the requirement. Step#2: Store the <HTML>content in a variable (Example: $ExportContent) [code language=”html”] $ExportContent = ‘<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <h2>Mark sheet Table</h2> <table style="width:100%" border="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Number</th> <th>First Name</th> <th>Last Name</th> <th>Points</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>Eve</td> <td>Jackson</td> <td align="right">94</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>John</td> <td>Doe</td> <td align="right">80</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </body> </html> ‘; [/code] Step#3: After building the content pass appropriate headers to convert this <HTML>content to Doc [code language=”html”] header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-word"); header("Expires: 0"); header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); [/code] Step#4: Provide file name to “Content-Disposition” header that we want to give the doc file name [code language=”html”] header("Content-Disposition: attachment; Filename=myfile.doc"); echo $ExportContent; [/code] Did you find above tips useful? Feel free to drop in your suggestion… Interested in anything on CakePHP? Let’s have a quick discussion. Related Posts: How to Generate PDF file in CakePHP? How to setup CakePHP DataSource for Solr? How to generate a full working CRUD skeleton using CakePHP 2.x Bake console? Tags: CakePHP, Code, HTML Jyotibhusan Roul jyoti@andolasoft.com A Product Specialist, Opensource & SaaS expert for Startups and Enterprise needs. Revenue growth strategist, Market Analyst including Leadership and Mentoring - A proud husband and father!
