[PHP-DB] Reporting tool for stats pulled from MySQL db

[Lisi]

I have a stats tracking program and a page that displays stats for various 
dates/items depending on what options the user selects. I need to add some 
kind of external reporting tool, i.e. they'd like to download the 
information, preferably in Excel.

I tried forcing Excel to open the data instead of the browser by sending 
headers:

     Header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
     Header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='stats.xls'");
When I sent just the first one, all I got was a blank broswer page with a 
picture (application?) icon in the top left hand corner. Then I added the 
second header, which I found in a previous post in the archives, and that 
forced a download but of the page itself (stats_print.php).

1) What am I doing wrong?

2) Every posting I found in the archives said this is the easiest way. Is 
there another, harder but might work for me, way anyone would suggest of 
doing this?

Thanks in advance,

-Lisi

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