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any help !

i am just a beginner and not familiar with PHP i got it from another forum so if there is any other method that export the excel with arabic characters please tell me thanks

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hi guys i am using the following code to export a table in my DB in excel sheet <?php mysql_query("set names utf8"); mysql_connect('localhost','root','admin'); mysql_select_db('mms'); $result=mysql_query("select * from test"); function xlsBOF() { echo pack("ssssss", 0x809, 0x8, 0x0, 0x10, 0x0, 0x0); return; } function xlsEOF() { echo pack("ss", 0x0A, 0x00); return; } function xlsWriteNumber($Row, $Col, $Value) { echo pack("sssss", 0x203, 14, $Row, $Col, 0x0); echo pack("d", $Value); return; } function xlsWriteLabel($Row, $Col, $Value ) { $L = strlen($Value); echo pack("ssssss", 0x204, 8 + $L, $Row, $Col, 0x0, $L); echo $Value; return; } 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");; header("Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=list.xls"); header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary "); xlsBOF(); xlsWriteLabel(0,0,"id"); xlsWriteLabel(0,1,"name"); $xlsRow = 1; while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { xlsWriteNumber($xlsRow,0,$row['id']); xlsWriteLabel($xlsRow,1,$row['name']); $xlsRow++; } xlsEOF(); ?> and i have tried a lot to solve this problem for exporting arabic data in excel sheet from database but i can't find a solution. so please help me