Export To Excel Using Javascript

I want to use javascript, to export the html table to excel. I used below script. Its working fine. Since few cells have special characters, I have escaped them. However, rows and

Solution 1:

Think this is what you want: http://jsfiddle.net/9zaH7/

1. takes table html, wraps in new table - this part seems not to be needed, but maybe you need to remove the styling/class?

2. escapes the complete table to the form text field.

   $(document).ready(function(){
   $("#exportToExcel").click(function() {

       var data='<table border="1" class="csstable">'+$("#myTable").html()+'</table>';
       data=escape(data);
               $('body').prepend("<form method='post' action='exporttoexcel.php' style='display:block' id='ReportTableData'><input type='text' name='tableData' value='"+data+"'></form>");
   
        return false;
   });});