mysql to excel generation using php
- by pmms
<?php
// DB Connection here
mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
mysql_select_db("hitnrunf_db");
$select = "SELECT * FROM jos_users ";
$export = mysql_query ( $select ) or die ( "Sql error : " . mysql_error( ) );
$fields = mysql_num_fields ( $export );
for ( $i = 0; $i < $fields; $i++ )
{
$header .= mysql_field_name( $export , $i ) . "\t";
}
while( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $export ) )
{
$line = '';
foreach( $row as $value )
{
if ( ( !isset( $value ) ) || ( $value == "" ) )
{
$value = "\t";
}
else
{
$value = str_replace( '"' , '""' , $value );
$value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
}
$line .= $value;
}
$data .= trim( $line ) . "\n";
}
$data = str_replace( "\r" , "" , $data );
if ( $data == "" )
{
$data = "\n(0) Records Found!\n";
}
header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=your_desired_name.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
print "$header\n$data";
?>
The code above is used for generating an Excel spreadsheet from a MySQL database,
but we are getting following error:
The file you are trying to open,
'users.xls', is in a different format
than specified by the file extension.
Verify that the file is not corrupted
and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open
the file now?
What is the problem and how do we fix it?
