Saving a .xls file with fwrite
- by kielie
hi guys, I have to create a script that takes a mySQL table, and exports it into .XSL format, and then saves that file into a specified folder on the web host.
I got it working, but now I can't seem to get it to automatically save the file to the location without prompting the user.
It needs to run every day at a specified time, so it can save the previous days leads into a .XSL file on the web host.
Here is the code:
<?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( $q ) or die( mysql_error() );
// Ok now we are going to send some headers so that this
// thing that we are going make comes out of browser
// as an xls file.
//
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Type: application/download");
//this line is important its makes the file name
header("Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=export_".$dbtable.".xls ");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary ");
// 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 tried using, fwrite to accomplish this, but it didn't seem to go very well, I removed the header information too, but nothing worked.
Here is the original code, as I found it, any help would be greatly appreciated. :-)
Thanx in advance. :-)
