Hi guys, how can I create a .XLS document from a mySQL table using PHP?
I have tried just about everything, with no success.
Basically, I need to take form data, and input it into a database, which I have done, and then I need to retrieve that table data and parse it into a microsoft excel file, which needs to be saved automatically onto the web server.
<?php
// DB TABLE Exporter
//
// How to use:
//
// Place this file in a safe place, edit the info just below here
// browse to the file, enjoy!
// CHANGE THIS STUFF FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
$dbhost = "-";
$dbuser = "-";
$dbpass = "-";
$dbname = "-";
$dbtable = "-";
// END CHANGING STUFF
$cdate = date("Y-m-d"); // get current date
// first thing that we are going to do is make some functions for writing out
// and excel file. These functions do some hex writing and to be honest I got
// them from some where else but hey it works so I am not going to question it
// just reuse
// This one makes the beginning of the xls file
function xlsBOF() {
echo pack("ssssss", 0x809, 0x8, 0x0, 0x10, 0x0, 0x0);
return;
}
// This one makes the end of the xls file
function xlsEOF() {
echo pack("ss", 0x0A, 0x00);
return;
}
// this will write text in the cell you specify
function xlsWriteLabel($Row, $Col, $Value ) {
$L = strlen($Value);
echo pack("ssssss", 0x204, 8 + $L, $Row, $Col, 0x0, $L);
echo $Value;
return;
}
// make the connection an DB query
$dbc = mysql_connect( $dbhost , $dbuser , $dbpass ) or die( mysql_error() );
mysql_select_db( $dbname );
$q = "SELECT * FROM ".$dbtable." WHERE date ='$cdate'";
$qr = mysql_query( $q ) or die( mysql_error() );
// start the file
xlsBOF();
// these will be used for keeping things in order.
$col = 0;
$row = 0;
// This tells us that we are on the first row
$first = true;
while( $qrow = mysql_fetch_assoc( $qr ) )
{
// Ok we are on the first row
// lets make some headers of sorts
if( $first )
{
foreach( $qrow as $k => $v )
{
// take the key and make label
// make it uppper case and replace _ with ' '
xlsWriteLabel( $row, $col, strtoupper( ereg_replace( "_" , " " , $k ) ) );
$col++;
}
// prepare for the first real data row
$col = 0;
$row++;
$first = false;
}
// go through the data
foreach( $qrow as $k => $v )
{
// write it out
xlsWriteLabel( $row, $col, $v );
$col++;
}
// reset col and goto next row
$col = 0;
$row++;
}
xlsEOF();
exit();
?>
I just can't seem to figure out how to integrate fwrite into all that to write the generated data into a .xls file, how would I go about doing that?
I need to get this working quite urgently, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx guys.
