php header used to output an xls file

[rowantrimmer]

Hello,

I have the following script that works a treat by exporting data into an xls file. We need the web page to be more secure so it is now an https:// and not http://

Since changeing to https:// I get an error "Internet Explorer cannot download workshop_register.xls from www.nagcbritain.org.uk" All that has changed is that is is now https:// which I guess is cuasing the issue. I have tried my best to fix this but I am unable to?

Could anyone possibly help as I am sure other people must have had the same problem?

Here goes the code -------------------------- I have tried adding the url to the filename in the code below but that doesn't help?

<?php
header("Content-type: application/xls");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=workshop_register.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
?>

[dalecosp]

Have you tried with other browsers?

IE isn't known for meaningful error messages ... or, at least not useful, relevant ones.

[Weedpacket]

And although it's probably not the cause of this specific problem (given that it worked before), note that the official MIME type for an Excel spreadsheet is application/vnd.ms-excel.