PHPExcel_Writer_Exception with message “Could not close zip file php://output.”

Question

I\'m using PHPExcel to export some data to user in an excel file. I would like the script to send the excel file to the user immediately after it\'s creation. Here is my tes

Answer 1

For some people who may have this same ERROR message : it may very simply be because the filename you're trying to save to is actually already open in your Excel.. Was my case

Answer 2

Hi i tried the following: in a server linux Centos 7.0 do not specified the route of directory tmp, input:

function SaveViaTempFile($objWriter){
    $filePath = '' . rand(0, getrandmax()) . rand(0, getrandmax()) . ".tmp";
    $objWriter->save($filePath);
    readfile($filePath);
    unlink($filePath);
    exit;
}

and work !!

Answer 3

And my answer is: Filename had symbols such as ":", ",", '"' Had to replace them to different ones. All worked

Answer 4

set chmod 777 -R public/results

Answer 5

The following works for the Excel2007 format. It would need to be adapted for different formats.

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Open this file:

\Classes\PHPExcel\Writer\Excel2007.php

Look near Line 196 for:

if (strtolower($pFilename) == 'php://output' || strtolower($pFilename) == 'php://stdout') {
    $pFilename = @tempnam(PHPExcel_Shared_File::sys_get_temp_dir(), 'phpxltmp');

Replace the second line with this:

    $pFilename = dirname(\__FILE__).'/'. rand(0, getrandmax()) . rand(0, getrandmax()) . ".phpxltmp";

Then you can use the export-function as described in the developer guide.

Answer 6

Thanks to Mark Baker. His answer has solved the problem. I have written a simple helper method using his approach.

static function SaveViaTempFile($objWriter){
    $filePath = sys_get_temp_dir() . "/" . rand(0, getrandmax()) . rand(0, getrandmax()) . ".tmp";
    $objWriter->save($filePath);
    readfile($filePath);
    unlink($filePath);
}

And I have just replaced $objWriter->save('php://output') with SaveViaTempFile($objWriter)