Create a new CSV file from my PHP generated data?

[Cep]

Hello,

I was wondering if it is actually possible to create a brand new CSV file using PHP so that I can then write my data to it. I know and have used functions to read in CSV's and edit pre-existing ones files but I don't beleive I have ever seen anything that allows me create a brand new CSV file and populate it.

Any pointers?

And as a side note has anyone got a similar method for working on brand new XML files? (Though I suppose I could cheat and get php to write XML directly into a text file).

[mjlogan]

If you just write to a file like you normally do in php using fopen, fwrite, fclose or your perfered method and format as you would expect in a CSV file and then just save in as a CSV file.

or something like below should work too.

[code]

<?php

header('Content-Type: text/csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$cv_name);
header('Cache-Control: max-age=0, must-revalidate');

echo $data['field_1'].",".$data['field_2'].",".$data['field_3'].",".$data['field_4'].",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/n\r";

?>

[/code]

[Cep]

Is that not assuming I already have a file though to use fopen with? I need to create a completely new file to be created as nothing exists at first.

[trq]

[url=http://php.net/fopen]fopen[/url] can create a new file if one does not exist.

[Cep]

Ah! good good, thats all I needed to know :) Thanks guys!

[trochia]

Hello, I have a question...  I have a routine that does this, but I would like to have it create a new file when the end of month is up.

  Could someone help me please?

  thank-you in advance,

jim