Are you looking to export your mydal data in .csv file using simple PHP code, then please keep your close attention in this post How to Export Data in .CSV File From Mysql Using PHP. CSV (comma separated values) is most widely supported file format for using data between different applications.
PHP fputcsv() function which will accepts array parameter of database results to coverted into the CSV format and download in .csv file:
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<?php /** * Description: Export data from mysql table in .csv file * @author: Prem Tiwari */ // database variables $hostname = "localhost"; $user = "XXXXXXXXX"; $password = "XXXXXXXXX"; $database = "XXXXXXXXX"; // Database connection mysql_connect($hostname, $user, $password) or die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); mysql_select_db($database) or die ('Could not select database ' . mysql_error()); // define file format header('Content-Type: text/csv; charset=utf-8'); // define your filename header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=your-file-name.csv'); // create a output file stream $output = fopen('php://output', 'w'); // output the column headings fputcsv($output, array('Table Column 1', 'Table Column 2', 'Table Column 3', 'Table Column 4')); $results = mysql_query('SELECT field1,field2,field3,field3 FROM table_name'); // loop over the rows, outputting them while ($results = mysql_fetch_assoc($results)) : fputcsv($output, $results); endwhile; ?> |
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