Download of data to a CSV File

[mcmuney]

I'm using the code below to download DB results into a CSV file.

 

Problem: In Excel, I have to perform the Delimited function to extract all the data from a single column to it's appropriate columns. I've see cases where this is done automatically. How can I change the code below to accommodate?

 

$result = mysql_query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM ".$table."");
$i = 0;
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$csv_output .= $row['Field']."; ";
$i++;
}
}
$csv_output .= "\n";

$values = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ".$table."");
while ($rowr = mysql_fetch_row($values)) {
for ($j=0;$j<$i;$j++) {
$csv_output .= $rowr[$j]."; ";
}
$csv_output .= "\n";
}

$filename = $file."_".date("Y-m-d_H-i",time());
header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-disposition: csv" . date("Y-m-d") . ".csv");
header( "Content-disposition: filename=".$filename.".csv");
print $csv_output;
exit;

[litebearer]

Not sure if this helps, but it (A) puts field names in top row, then all data into appropriate columns.

 

It uses comma as delim.

 

http://www.electrictoolbox.com/create-csv-file-mysql-php/

 

 

[kenrbnsn]

You might want to look at the fputcsv function which allows you to specify the string enclosure character.

 

Ken