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| <?php
$db_host = "";
$db_name = "";
$db_user = "";
$db_pw = "";
mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pw)
OR die ("Cannot connect to your database");
mysql_select_db($db_name) OR die("Cannot connect to your database");
$result = mysql_query('select * from orders');
$count = mysql_num_fields($result);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
$header .= mysql_field_name($result, $i)."\t";
}
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
//"order id" = $row['order_id'];
$line = '';
foreach($row as $value){
if(!isset($value) || $value == ""){
$value = "\t";
}else{
//important to escape any quotes to preserve them in the data.
$value = str_replace('"', '""', $value);
//needed to encapsulate data in quotes because some data might be multi line.
//the good news is that numbers remain numbers in Excel even though quoted.
$value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
}
$line .= $value;
}
$data .= trim($line)."\n";
}
//this line is needed because returns embedded in the data have "\r"
//and this looks like a "box character" in Excel
$data = str_replace("\r", "", $data);
//Nice to let someone know that the search came up empty.
//Otherwise only the column name headers will be output to Excel.
if ($data == "") {
$data = "\nno matching records found\n";
}
//This line will stream the file to the user rather than spray it across the screen
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
//replace excelfile.xls with whatever you want the filename to default to
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
echo $header."\n".$data;
?> |
