Excel output with codeigniter
use PHPExcel Library
put the class folder in your codeigniter application library and call the PHPExcel class
this works fine with codeigniter
If you need something quick and dirty (and potentially working in FF only), I use this JS solution:
function exportExcel(html) {window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent('<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=ProgId content=Excel.Sheet><style>body {font-family:Arial} .ean {mso-number-format:0000000000000;}</style></head><body><table>'+html.replace(/[♫^]/gi,'')+'</table></body></html>'));}And then following link in caption tag of the table
<a href="#" onclick="javascript:exportExcel($(this).parents(".table1").html());">Excel</a>It will open as HTML Worksheet, which works for me. As you can see in JS funciton code, you can add styles to columns and/or replace some chars you don't need in the output.