spreadsheet-excel-writer.php not working

Move this statement  to right above the close statement

$workbook->send('test.xls');


like this

<?php
require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php';

// Creating a workbook
$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer();

// Creating a worksheet
$worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet('My first worksheet');

// The actual data
$worksheet->write(0, 0, 'Name');
$worksheet->write(0, 1, 'Age');
$worksheet->write(1, 0, 'John Smith');
$worksheet->write(1, 1, 30);
$worksheet->write(2, 0, 'Johann Schmidt');
$worksheet->write(2, 1, 31);
$worksheet->write(3, 0, 'Juan Herrera');
$worksheet->write(3, 1, 32);

// sending HTTP headers to the browser
$workbook->send('test.xls');

// Let's close the file
$workbook->close();
?>

You can find more information here.
http://www.php-editors.com/pear_manual/p_package.fileformats.spreadsheet-excel-writer.intro-format.html

figure 29-4 gives a good example

... unfortunately this does not make any difference! :-( I also tried the example mentioned above but without success: http://web182.theta.ibone.ch/adressliste.temp/test6.php

Try a non good example from this page..

http://www.php-editors.com/pear_manual/p_package.fileformats.spreadsheet-excel-writer.intro-format.html

<?php
require_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php';
$workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer();

$format_bold =& $workbook->addFormat();
$format_bold->setBold();

$format_title =& $workbook->addFormat();
$format_title->setBold();
$format_title->setColor('yellow');
$format_title->setPattern(1);
$format_title->setFgColor('blue');

$worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet();
$worksheet->write(0, 0, "Quarterly Profits for Dotcom.Com", $format_title);
// While we are at it, why not throw some more numbers around
$worksheet->write(1, 0, "Quarter", $format_bold);
$worksheet->write(1, 1, "Profit", $format_bold);
$worksheet->write(2, 0, "Q1");
$worksheet->write(2, 1, 0);
$worksheet->write(3, 0, "Q2");
$worksheet->write(3, 1, 0);

$workbook->send('test.xls');
$workbook->close();
?>

the only difference I see in your code and the example code is that is is using  "" instead of single  '' for text which should not make a difference but try it anyway.. If that does not help we will dig deeper into the problem..

hum I meant to say a known good example instead of a non good... crapy fingers are not doing what I tell them :)

... hm, I did nothing! I just asked my host to install the PEAR package properly! Now its working and you get the points for nothing. :-) Thanks anyway...