exporting to word file( *.doc ) in php

Question

i have one php page which prints some information. Information is a table with some values dynamicaylly printed in table cells.Now instead of sending this page to browser i want the page to be exported to a word file.How can i do it?

In short i have a page A.php . A.php contains a link to B.php . When the link on A.php is clicked i want the file to be exported to ms word file (*.doc). The browser should display the box which says save as or open.

I used to to above thing is jsp by changing some headers. But how can i achieve the above thing in php?

Answer 1

google "php microsoft word"

second result: http://forums.devarticles.com/php-development-48/can-php-write-or-read-microsoft-word-files-12011.html

second post:

http://ca3.php.net/com

Answer 2

A library to do this specifically, PHPWord.

Give this a shot.