Writing in different columns in an excel file

[Goblo]

Hello there,

 

I'm a student and I've recently started programming PHP. Now I got this exercise where I have to get information from a database into an Excel file. Everything is going well, expect that when the data is written in the Excel file, the data is written in 1 cell.

 

Excel file:

 

Code:

<?php
//connection parameters
$location = "localhost";
$database = "database";
$password = "password";
$username = "username";

//connection info
$con=mysqli_connect($location, $database, $password, $username);
//check if connection was made
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }
$query = "SELECT * FROM persons";
$result = mysqli_query($con, $query);
$file = "write.csv";
$open = fopen($file, 'w');

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
	$FirstName = $row['FirstName'];
	$LastName = $row['LastName'];
	$Age = $row['Age'];
	$write = "$FirstName, $LastName, $Age\n";
	
	fwrite($open, $write);
}

fclose($open);
?>

The data should be written in seperated cells. In A the Firstname, in B the Lastname and in C the age. I've searched a bit around and only found the tab option (\t) which didn't work.

 

Is it possible to seperate the data and if so, how?

Edited May 23, 2013 by Goblo

[davidannis]

Try enclosing the values in quotes:

	$write = "\"$FirstName\", \"$LastName\", \"$Age\"\n";

[requinix]

fputcsv is your friend.