Export CSV from Mysql
- by ss888
Hi,
I'm having a bit of trouble exporting a csv file that is created from one of my mysql tables using php.
The code I'm using prints the correct data, but I can't see how to download this data in a csv file, providing a download link to the created file. I thought the browser was supposed to automatically provide the file for download, but it doesn't. (Could it be because the below code is called using ajax?)
Any help greatly appreciated - code below, S.
include('../config/config.php'); //db connection settings
$query = "SELECT * FROM isregistered";
$export = mysql_query ($query ) or die ( "Sql error : " . mysql_error( ) );
$fields = mysql_num_fields ( $export );
for ( $i = 0; $i < $fields; $i++ )
{
$header .= mysql_field_name( $export , $i ) . "\t";
}
while( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $export ) )
{
$line = '';
foreach( $row as $value )
{
if ( ( !isset( $value ) ) || ( $value == "" ) )
{
$value = "\t";
}
else
{
$value = str_replace( '"' , '""' , $value );
$value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
}
$line .= $value;
}
$data .= trim( $line ) . "\n";
}
$data = str_replace( "\r" , "" , $data );
if ( $data == "" )
{
$data = "\n(0) Records Found!\n";
}
//header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); //have tried all of these at sometime
//header("Content-type: text/x-csv");
header("Content-type: text/csv");
//header("Content-type: application/csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=export.csv");
//header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=export.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
echo '<a href="">Download Exported Data</a>'; //want my link to go in here...
print "$header\n$data";
