converting from Perl to PHP

[adavis]

I have a Perl script that, when a button is clicked renders the exact same page in an excel spreadsheet. There is a line of code that I don't understand (I didn't write it), but can't seem to get any straight answers on how to do the same thing in PHP.

The subroutine looks like this:

sub excel {
   print $query->header('application/vnd.ms-excel');
   print qq[<H3 ALIGN='CENTER'>$title</h3>\n];
   print qq[$output<P>];
   print qq[<STRONG>Records Found - $recordcount</strong><P>];
   print qq[Run Date: $mmm $day, $year<P>];
   exit();
}

The line that I don't get is

   print $query->header('application/vnd.ms-excel');

How do I replicate that in PHP?

I have the rest done...

[edwardsbc]

header('Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel');

Make sure to send it before "regular" output.

[adavis]

Thank you so much. I would have eventually gotten there, I think, but sometimes the conversion from Perl to PHP isn't exactly clear. However, I'm so happy to be converting this group of scripts so I don't have to continue to maintain the Perl. 😃