How to export html table to excel or pdf in php

Use a PHP Excel for generatingExcel file. You can find a good one called PHPExcel here: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel

And for PDF generation use http://princexml.com/


Either you can use CSV functions or PHPExcel

or you can try like below

<?php
$file="demo.xls";
$test="<table  ><tr><td>Cell 1</td><td>Cell 2</td></tr></table>";
header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file");
echo $test;
?>

The header for .xlsx files is Content-type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet


<script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
<table border="1" id="ReportTable" class="myClass">
    <tr bgcolor="#CCC">
      <td width="100">xxxxx</td>
      <td width="700">xxxxxx</td>
      <td width="170">xxxxxx</td>
      <td width="30">xxxxxx</td>
    </tr>
    <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
      <td><?php                 
            $date = date_create($row_Recordset3['fecha']);
            echo date_format($date, 'd-m-Y');
            ?></td>
      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset3['descripcion']; ?></td>
      <td><?php echo $row_Recordset3['producto']; ?></td>
      <td><img src="borrar.png" width="14" height="14" class="clickable" onClick="eliminarSeguimiento(<?php echo $row_Recordset3['idSeguimiento']; ?>)" title="borrar"></td>
    </tr>
  </table>

  <input type="hidden" id="datatodisplay" name="datatodisplay">  
    <input type="submit" value="Export to Excel">

exporttable.php

<?php
header('Content-Type: application/force-download');
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename=export.xls');
// Fix for crappy IE bug in download.
header("Pragma: ");
header("Cache-Control: ");
echo $_REQUEST['datatodisplay'];
?>

If all you want is a simple excel worksheet try this:

header('Content-type: application/excel');
$filename = 'filename.xls';
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename);

$data = '<html xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
<head>
    <!--[if gte mso 9]>
    <xml>
        <x:ExcelWorkbook>
            <x:ExcelWorksheets>
                <x:ExcelWorksheet>
                    <x:Name>Sheet 1</x:Name>
                    <x:WorksheetOptions>
                        <x:Print>
                            <x:ValidPrinterInfo/>
                        </x:Print>
                    </x:WorksheetOptions>
                </x:ExcelWorksheet>
            </x:ExcelWorksheets>
        </x:ExcelWorkbook>
    </xml>
    <![endif]-->
</head>

<body>
   <table><tr><td>Cell 1</td><td>Cell 2</td></tr></table>
</body></html>';

echo $data;

The key here is the xml data. This will keep excel from complaining about the file.

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