Hi, Thanks for the reply didnt mean to seem like I wanted someone else to write the script I have been trying for ages :) Unfortuatly the server I use doesn allow FTP access and the fopen etc give access denied this is the code I currently have and its giving the file as an SYLK and failing to open. Any ideas ? <?php include 'login.php'; // DB Connection here $date = date('d-m-y'); $table_name = "table"; $select = "SELECT * FROM table"; $export = mysql_query ( $select ) 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 == "" ) { $data = "\n(0) Records Found!\n"; } header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$date $table_name.xls"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header("Expires: 0"); print "$header\n$data"; ?>