Question

exporting MS word documents using codeigniter any idea or tutorial on how to code? thanks

Answer 1

Try this:

header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-word");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control:  must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"mydocument_name.doc\"");

$output = $this->load->view("myreport", $mydata);
echo $data;
exit;