PHP - Problem While Exporting Phpt Out Put To Excel

Hi all,

this is the code i'm using at the moment which is at the bottom of a webpage

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// Open file export.csv.
$f = fopen("export.csv", "w");

// Put all values from $out to export.csv.
fputs($f, $out);
fclose($f);

$filename = "StatisticalAnalysis-" . gmdate("Y-m-d-H-i-s") . ".csv";

header("Content-type: application/csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" . $filename);
readfile("export.csv");
The variable named $out is a long line of text in csv format. I've echoed that variable and it's all good.

When a checkbox in a form further up the page is checked the code creates and fills in the $out variable and then carries out the code above.

The problem i have is that when the csv save dialog comes up and the file is saved, all it contains is a copy of the html code which is on that page, not the info stored in the $out variable.

Can anyone offer any advice on what the problem is?

Cheers

Hi,

I am attempting to export some table data to an excel spreadsheet. Below is the code I am working with.

<?php 

include('includes/admin_session.php');

require_once("includes/connection.php"); 

function cleanData(&$str) {

  $str = preg_replace("/\t/", "\\t", $str);
  $str = preg_replace("/\r?\n/", "\\n", $str);

  if(strstr($str, '"')) $str = '"' . str_replace('"', '""', $str) . '"';

}
// file name for download
$filename = "student_list_" . date('Ymd') . ".xls";

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");
header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");

$flag = false;

$result = mysqli_query($connection,"SELECT * FROM students ORDER BY tutor") or die(mysqli_error($connection));

while(false !== ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result))) {
  if(!$flag) { // display field/column names as first row
    echo implode("\t", array_keys($row)) . "\n";
    $flag = true;
  }
  array_walk($row, 'cleanData');
  echo implode("\t", array_values($row)) . "\n";
  
  }
  
  ?>

It is exporting the rows as requested and I am able to open the file in excel....however...when downloading it becomes stuck on a loop and continues to download over 20mb of nothing. As a result I am forced to stop the download. When I open my excel file, below my table data is the following error, over and over and over and over!
Quote

<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  array_walk() [<a href='function.array-walk'>function.array-walk</a>]: The argument should be an array in <b>/home/inschool/public_html/student_list_export.php</b> on line <b>33</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  array_values() [<a href='function.array-values'>function.array-values</a>]: The argument should be an array in <b>/home/inschool/public_html/student_list_export.php</b> on line <b>34</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  implode() [<a href='function.implode'>function.implode</a>]: Invalid arguments passed in <b>/home/inschool/public_html/student_list_export.php</b> on line <b>34</b><br />


Any help on this would be awesome

I need some help and hopefully will respond. I'm trying to put some information to the second row of the excel sheet once extracted. Can somebody help me with this script? I'm trying to move the address line to the second row. Thanks.

Hi there,

I got some good advice from Harristweed the other day about how to export from Mysql to excel, so that each field appears in a different column in excel.

I expanded the code Harristweed gave me to cover all fields in my database, and all went well until the 2nd last field, when I hit a brick wall. Unlike previous fields, which were based on info inputted via radio buttons, dropdown lists, or text boxes, the field causing problems was based on data that came from a text area on the web form.

A few tests revealed that the problem was related to when a user pressed the "Enter" key while filling in that field, to begin a new paragraph. When this happens, it would go into the database fine. However, when I used the code to export it to excel, anything after the "Enter" key had been pressed would appear in a new cell on a new row, thereby putting the table out of alignment.

I could get around this by rewording the question into a few questions which each use a text box rather than a text area box.

However, if there is a way to get around this by tweaking the php code, I'd love to know. The field with which I'm having the problem is the one called "experience".

Thanks for your time,

Dave




<?PHP


$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "MYUSERNAME", "MYPASSWORD");

mysql_select_db("MYDATABASE",$db);

$query="SELECT * FROM applications2010";
$result=mysql_query($query);

$header=" date\t firstname\t lastname\t sex\t dobday\t dobmonth\t dobyear\t streetaddress\t suburb\t state\t postcode\t country\t preferredphone\t secondphone\t thirdphone\t emailaddress\t emconname\t emconphone\t experience\t ";

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {   

if(empty($row[date]))$row[date]=" ";   
if(empty($row[firstname]))$row[firstname]=" ";   
if(empty($row[lastname]))$row[lastname]=" ";   
if(empty($row[sex]))$row[sex]=" ";   
if(empty($row[dobday]))$row[dobday]=" ";   
if(empty($row[dobmonth]))$row[dobmonth]=" ";   
if(empty($row[dobyear]))$row[dobyear]=" ";   

if(empty($row[streetaddress]))$row[streetaddress]=" ";   
if(empty($row[suburb]))$row[suburb]=" ";   
if(empty($row[state]))$row[state]=" ";   
if(empty($row[postcode]))$row[postcode]=" ";   
if(empty($row[country]))$row[country]=" ";   
if(empty($row[preferredphone]))$row[preferredphone]=" ";   
if(empty($row[secondphone]))$row[secondphone]=" ";   
if(empty($row[thirdphone]))$row[thirdphone]=" ";   

if(empty($row[emailaddress]))$row[emailaddress]=" ";   

if(empty($row[emconname]))$row[emconname]=" ";   
if(empty($row[emconphone]))$row[emconphone]=" ";   
if(empty($row[experience]))$row[experience]=" ";   




$line = '';   
$line .= "$row[date]\t $row[firstname]\t $row[lastname]\t $row[sex]\t $row[dobday]\t $row[dobmonth]\t $row[dobyear]\t $row[streetaddress]\t  $row[suburb]\t  $row[state]\t  $row[postcode]\t $row[country]\t $row[preferredphone]\t $row[secondphone]\t $row[thirdphone]\t $row[emailaddress]\t $row[emconname]\t $row[emconphone]\t $row[experience]\t ";   

$data .= trim($line)."\n"; }
$data = str_replace("\r","",$data); 
if ($data == "") 
{    
$data = "\n(0) Records Found!\n";                    
}

header("Content-type: application/x-msdownload"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=filename=".date("d-m-Y")."-export.xls"); header("Pragma: no-cache"); header("Expires: 0"); print "$header\n$data";exit;



?>

Hi All,

      As we know........to export excel sheet the database content....we query the data base and then process the result and  using Workbook  and header we export the result in excel..................

 Is there any way we can reduce the down load time  or increase the performance for same. ?

Thanks.

Hello, guys i got some issue in my script for exporting data to CSV (exel for view)

Its export all data in one collumn, but i need to export each data in separeta column like.


       a           B
a1   ID         ID2

But i got there this:

         a              B
a1   ID""ID2


Here is the script:


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<?php
class WDealAdminExport extends UWidgetWorklet
{
public function accessRules()
{
return array(
array('allow', 'roles' => array('company')),
array('deny', 'users'=>array('*'))
);
}

public function taskConfig()
{
$list = wm()->get('deal.admin.coupon');
$_GET[$list->modelClassName] = $_POST[$list->modelClassName];
$list->init();
$dataProvider = $list->dataProvider();
$dataProvider->pagination = false;

$csv = array(
array(
$this->t('ID'),
$this->t('Order ID'),
$this->t('Deal ID'),
$this->t('User'),
$this->t('Status'),
)
);

foreach($dataProvider->data as $data)
{
$row = array(
"#".$data->couponId(),
$data->orderId,
$data->dealId,
$data->user->email." [".$data->user->getName(true)."]",
$data->status==1
? ($data->deal->isExpired() ? $this->t('Expired') : $this->t('Available'))
: $this->t('Used')
);

if($_POST['charset'] != 'utf-8')
{
$row[3] = iconv('utf-8', $_POST['charset'], $row[3]);
$row[4] = iconv('utf-8', $_POST['charset'], $row[4]);
}

$csv[] = $row;
}

$contents = $this->generateCSV($csv);
$this->send($contents);
}

public function taskGenerateCSV($src)
{
$csv = '';
foreach($src as $row)
{
foreach($row as $item)
$csv.= $this->escape($item).$this->param('delimiter');
$csv = rtrim($csv,$this->param('delimiter'))."\r\n";
}
return $csv;
}

public function taskEscape($value)
{
return '"'.str_replace('"','""',$value).'"';
}

public function taskSend($contents)
{
$content_type = "application/octet-stream";
$filename = 'export.csv';

// disable browser caching
header('Cache-control: private');
header('Pragma: private');
header('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT');

header('Content-Type: '.$content_type);
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
header('Content-Length: '.strlen($contents));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="'.$filename.'"');

echo $contents;
app()->end();
}
}

Hello,   I created a web page that executes request from mysql and prints it on web page. I also created a export submit button to export mysql query in csv format file. When I select values and then click on export buttons, I get nothing and page gets refreshed.   Here is the link of my site: rahil.me/index.php    Here is the code:    These are the buttons:

<input type="submit" name="search" value="Search">
<input type="submit" name="export" value="Export" />

PHP code:

if (isset($_POST['export'])) {
			
	if (empty($_POST['service'])) {

            echo "Please select service in dropdown" . "</br>";

            }

        else {

            $service = $_POST['service'];

             }

         if (empty($_POST['environment'])) {

             echo "Please select Environment in dropdown" . "</br>";

             }

         else {

             $env = $_POST['environment'];

              }

        if ((!empty($service)) && (!empty($env))) {
				
	     $sql="SQLQUERY REMOVE";

	if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql)) {
	    die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
	    }

		$result = mysqli_query($con,$sql);

				/*
				 * send response headers to the browser
				 * following headers instruct the browser to treat the data as a csv file called export.csv
				 */

				header('Content-Type: text/csv');
				header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=export.csv');

				/*
				 * output header row (if atleast one row exists)
				 */

				$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
				if ($row) {
					echocsv(array_keys($row));
				}

				/*
				 * output data rows (if atleast one row exists)
				 */

				while ($row) {
					echocsv($row);
					$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
				}

				/*
				 * echo the input array as csv data maintaining consistency with most CSV implementations
				 * - uses double-quotes as enclosure when necessary
				 * - uses double double-quotes to escape double-quotes 
				 * - uses CRLF as a line separator
				 */

				function echocsv($fields)
				{
					$separator = '';
					foreach ($fields as $field) {
						if (preg_match('/\\r|\\n|,|"/', $field)) {
							$field = '"' . str_replace('"', '""', $field) . '"';
						}
						echo $separator . $field;
						$separator = ',';
					}
					echo "\r\n";
				}
			
			}
			}

Edited by raymak, 25 May 2014 - 02:04 PM.

hello guys..

i want help from u . i am displaying a table of 5 rows and 5 columns . i want to get a pdf copy of it dynamically.
i want to re-use it again for my invoice also . covert in into pdf and then print that file.
can u provide a sample code of how to covert it into pdf . (same as exporting into excel)

How can I use PHP to export my database into a .sql file?

Hello,
i am currently getting an Microsoft Excel formatted text file whose save type is .Txt from a URL.I used to open it and will change the save type  as excel file. Please suggest whether we can do this with php code.

currently my code is like this,
<? php
copy("http://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/airportdata_5010/menu/emergencyplanexport.cfm?Region=&District=&State=&County=&City=LAS%20VEGAS&Use=&Certification=","./contactsexport.xls");
?>

where as the contactsexport.xls type is .Txt which i need it in .xls

Thanks in Advance.

I am trying to export multiple csv files to download from 2 separate tables in my database.

Some background:
I have a web app that links to a phpmyadmin database. There are 2 tables in the database (entering and exiting). These tables hold the phone inventory information of employees currently entering or exiting the organization.

The fields in my tables a

location, firstname, lastname, username, extension, mac, type

What I am trying to do is export the data in these 2 tables to CSV (which I have working now) but I need to have multiple CSVs for each.

For example, for my exiting table, I need to have one CSV export all the fields in the table and I also need another CSV to export just the location and username field. I have a simple html form with a submit button which is currently working now:

<form action="exportexiting.php" method="POST" style="width: 456px; height: 157px">
   <div>
   <fieldset>
   <legend style="width: 102px; height: 25px"><strong>Entering CSV:</strong></legend>
   <input name="Export" type="submit" id="Export" value="Export">
   </fieldset><br/>
   </div>
</form>


This links to my exportexiting.php file:

<?php
$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'root';
$pass = 'xxxx';
$db = 'PhoneInventory';
$table = 'exiting';


 
// Connect to the database
$link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
mysql_select_db($db);
 
require 'exportcsv.inc.php';

 
exportMysqlToCsv($table);
 
 
 
?>

Then to exportcsv.inc.php:

<?php
 
function exportMysqlToCsv($table,$filename = 'export.csv')
{
    $csv_terminated = "\n";
    $csv_separator = ",";
    $csv_enclosed = '';
    $csv_escaped = "\\";
    $sql_query = "select * from $table";
 
    // Gets the data from the database
    $result = mysql_query($sql_query);
    $fields_cnt = mysql_num_fields($result);
 
 
    $schema_insert = '';
 
    for ($i = 0; $i < $fields_cnt; $i++)
    {
        $l = $csv_enclosed . str_replace($csv_enclosed, $csv_escaped . $csv_enclosed,
            stripslashes(mysql_field_name($result, $i))) . $csv_enclosed;
        $schema_insert .= $l;
        $schema_insert .= $csv_separator;
    } // end for
 
    $out = trim(substr($schema_insert, 0, -1));
    $out .= $csv_terminated;
 
    // Format the data
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
        $schema_insert = '';
        for ($j = 0; $j < $fields_cnt; $j++)
        {
            if ($row[$j] == '0' || $row[$j] != '')
            {
 
                if ($csv_enclosed == '')
                {
                    $schema_insert .= $row[$j];
                } else
                {
                    $schema_insert .= $csv_enclosed .
               str_replace($csv_enclosed, $csv_escaped . $csv_enclosed, $row[$j]) . $csv_enclosed;
                }
            } else
            {
                $schema_insert .= '';
            }
 
            if ($j < $fields_cnt - 1)
            {
                $schema_insert .= $csv_separator;
            }
        } // end for
 
        $out .= $schema_insert;
        $out .= $csv_terminated;
    } // end while
 
    header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
    header("Content-Length: " . strlen($out));
    // Output to browser with appropriate mime type, you choose
    header("Content-type: text/x-csv");
    //header("Content-type: text/csv");
    //header("Content-type: application/csv");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
    echo $out;
    exit;
 
}
 
?>



Again, this is working perfectly for only exporting all the data from the exiting table into one CSV file. My question is, how can I make my one submit button export the 2 CSV files that I need?


Thanks for the help...

I need to parse xls files (Microsoft Excel). The option to tell the users who will be uploading the files to convert it to a more friendly format like XML or CSV is not an option (I know its unfortunately, though I have to make it so it parses those formats as well (fun is)). Users must be able to just save the file, and upload it as is. below is a link to a example xls file. So I am looking to see if there's anything native to php that will allow me to open and read xls formatted files quickly and efficiently and work with the values independently on a per row per column basis when outputting them. Or if there's a recommended library/class I can use that someone here can suggest. My biggest issue is I am on a time crunch so I need something I can work with quickly and efficiently all around. Any samples would be greatly appreciated.

http://mtpdev.com/dev/xls-reader/sample.xls

Hi All,

I am trying to export a table into excel and it is working, kind of..

I'm trying to import data that has commas in it.  Unfortunately, it looks like this "PHP to CVS" process is comma delimited.

How can I get around that, while having the data in the correct columns?

Here is my code:
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$file = 'Notes_Export';
$csv_output = '';


$sql = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM prop_notes WHERE Field IN ('note', 'created_by', 'created_on', 'updated_by', 'updated_on')";
$result = mysqli_query($connect, $sql);

$i = 0;
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0)
{
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$csv_output .= $row['Field'].", ";
$i++;
}
}

$csv_output .= "\n";

$sql = "SELECT note, created_by, created_on, updated_by, updated_on FROM prop_notes";
$values = mysqli_query($connect, $sql);

while($rowr = mysqli_fetch_row($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");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=".$filename.".csv");
print $csv_output;
exit;

Hi

I have a database set up using MySQL and want to be able to query this and then export to Excel using PHP.  I've had a look around on the web but a lot of what I'm reading is going over my head.  I don't have PEAR so can't use the ready made stuff. 

Basically, I want to be able to query the database, then export the arrays to an excel file and a pop up to appear asking the user to open / save / cancel (standard pop-up)

Anyone know of any good places to start looking for the information for this?

Sorry, I'm new to all this so any help / pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers