How to create .DOC file using PHP

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This Question may be duplicate, but all I want to know that there is any way to create .doc not .docx file using PHP (Not COM). I've tried the following code to generate a file, It does but it is not a real .doc file, It is just a masked HTML file. Anybody please help me to create a REAL .doc file

Here is my Sample Code (it generates .doc file but if you open it using notepad OR any other text editor YOU will find that it is not valid .doc file)

<?php
    header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-word");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=file.doc");

    echo "<html>";
    echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=Windows-1252\">";
    echo "<body>";
    echo "<b>My first document</b><br />";
    echo "This is test document and this is created by using by PHP headers (Sample data)";
    echo "</body>";
    echo "</html>";
?>

can I do it using PHP (custom PHP) not livedocx.com as I've checked that already. — Mubin
– Mubin, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 23:34
I'm not aware of any PHP library that creates BIFF format .doc files: I know a bit about Word Processing formats, and PHPWord only writes OfficeOpenXML .docx, OASIS .odt and Rich Text .rtf files — Mark Baker
– Mark Baker, Commented Dec 7, 2013 at 23:36

Suraj Sakhare · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-04 12:18:56Z

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Use this in header you will get your output

header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
 header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="MyMsDocFile.doc');

answered Mar 4, 2015 at 12:18

Suraj Sakhare

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