using phpword to download an attachment word file

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my problem is I want to enable the user to download the text area content as word file
-the code is work if I stop at saving to server code (the content are exactly as written in the text area)
-but when I added the download code the download's file will contain the programed page format
please help me

// Create a new PHPWord Object
02	$PHPWord = new PHPWord();
03	 
04	// Every element you want to append to the word document is placed in a section. So you need a section:
05	$section = $PHPWord->createSection();
06	 
07	// After creating a section, you can append elements:
08	$section->addText($_POST['editor1']);
09	 
10	// At least write the document to webspace:
11	$objWriter = PHPWord_IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWord, 'Word2007');
12	//$objWriter->save('helloWorld.docx');
13	$temp_file_uri = tempnam('', 'xyz');
14	$objWriter->save($temp_file_uri);
15	//download code
16	header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
17	header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
18	header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=helloWorld.docx');
19	header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
20	header('Expires: 0');
21	header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($temp_file_uri));
22	readfile($temp_file_uri);
23	unlink($temp_file_uri); // deletes the temporary file
24	exit;
25	 
26	}?>

I mean by page format:

XML

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<!--
    Verti 2.0 by HTML5 UP
    html5up.net | @n33co
    Free for personal and commercial use under the CCA 3.0 license (html5up.net/license)
-->
<html>
    <head>

        <!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="ckeditor/ckeditor.js"> </script> -->
    </head>
    <body class="left-sidebar">

......................... etc

Update: I found what the problem was that was only because I don't have office 2007 sorry but the file was open as word file even if I wasn't have office so I thought that will not be the problem maker :( sorry for bothering you

but still there is problems before opening the file I receive warning message "said that the content are corrupted and if I'm not ensure from the source I shoudn't open it!" also there is no breaks between lines (as if I wrote all words in one paragraph!

Posted 26-Sep-13 5:43am

Rawan S

Updated 28-Sep-13 8:10am

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W∴ Balboos, *GHB* · Answer 1 · 2013-09-26T09:43:00

First - does your code produce a working XML based docx file that you can open with word? If that doesn't work, then don't worry about your header information. Once you've successfully created a docx file, then you can use the header info. Suggestion: use one of the example files included w/PHPWord and, if you get that to work, then add the header block.

The following snippet works for me (at least as of last week):

// Save File
	$objWriter = PHPWord_IOFactory::createWriter($PHPWord, 'Word2007');
	$filename = "Perfomance_Appraisal.docx";
	$objWriter->save($filename);


// The following offers file to user on client side: deletes temp version of file
	header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
	header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
	header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename);
	header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
	header('Expires: 0');
	header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
	header('Pragma: public');
	header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename));
	flush();
	readfile($filename);
	unlink($filename); // deletes the temporary file

Rawan S · Answer 2 · 2013-09-27T05:57:00

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thank you very much for your replay
-in case I removed the download code it will be saved as docx and will have the same content which I wrote in the textarea
-but with the download code it will be downloaded as docx but the content is not as written in the textarea

Posted 27-Sep-13 5:57am

Rawan S