Export xls file not readable for import time in php

Question

I am using below code for export xls file abd it is working file but my issue is when i try to read file using require "XLS/Excel/reader.php" library it return error "file is not redable." When i save as export xls file and try to import it working.

 function xlsBOF() { echo pack("ssssss", 0x809, 0x8, 0x0, 0x10, 0x0, 0x0); } function xlsEOF() { echo pack("ss", 0x0A, 0x00); } function xlsWriteNumber($Row, $Col, $Value) { echo pack("sssss", 0x203, 14, $Row, $Col, 0x0); echo pack("d", $Value); } function xlsWriteLabel($Row, $Col, $Value) { $L = strlen($Value); echo pack("ssssss", 0x204, 8 + $L, $Row, $Col, 0x0, $L); echo $Value; } // prepare headers information header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Type: application/xls"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=test.xls"); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header("Expires: 0"); // start exporting xlsBOF(); xlsWriteLabel(0, 0, "id"); xlsWriteLabel(0, 1, "name"); xlsWriteLabel(0, 2, "email"); xlsWriteNumber(1, 0, 230); xlsWriteLabel(1, 1, "John"); xlsWriteLabel(1, 2, "john@yahoo.com"); xlsWriteNumber(2, 0, 350); xlsWriteLabel(2, 1, "Mark"); xlsWriteLabel(2, 2, "mark@yahoo.com"); xlsEOF(); 

Answer 1

use http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/ library for export it will working fine.

$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel(); 
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)->setCellValue('A1', 'Hello'); 
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)->setCellValue('B2', 'world!'); 
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)->setCellValue('C1', 'Hello'); 
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)->setCellValue('D2', 'world!');