Export Excel Spreadsheets using Zend Framework and Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer

In the new post on his blog, Pablo Viquez writes about exporting data to Excel spreadsheet using Zend Framework and Spreadcheet_Excel_Writer (PEAR component). Most interesting part of article, at least for me, is context switching.

Zend Framework offers a nice feature called “Context Switch”. This is an action helper that detects requested output and calls the specific view for the required format.

Presented layout and multi-context application and explanation of how to plug-in contexts not supported by default by Zend Framework is a must ready for everyone looking for clear solutions of presenting same data in different format.