Comments on: Download data as csv using PHP

By: Deepak Raikwar

Deepak Raikwar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:45:09 +0000

Hi Everyone,
Thanks coz i got ur code bye …………

By: Ahmed Hosny

Ahmed Hosny — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:23:03 +0000

sorry this one

$unicode_str_for_Excel = chr(255).chr(254).mb_convert_encoding( $utf8_str, ‘UTF-16LE’, ‘UTF-8′);

By: Ahmed Hosny

Ahmed Hosny — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:22:00 +0000

Dear ,

try to put the output into var $utf8_str, and then

use this code

it will work
Best regards
Ahmed

By: Wasif

Wasif — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:53:13 +0000

In notepad you can view utf8 data properly, but this is Excel which causes the problem. If you must need to view data in Excel, use an editor like SciTE or Ultraedit to save the file in unicode format and then open it in Excel.

By: faruk chowdhury

faruk chowdhury — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:20:24 +0000

Dear Sir,
i modified your code according to my requirement but i am facing a problem with characters set i.e there are some data at database like as plate_no : 1 2 3 ص ص ص but when i exported it in csv format i see it as 1 2 2 3 Ø³ Ø³ Ø³. so can you tell me where is my problem or how can i solve it.
[php code]
< ?php
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
// Connect to database
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "root123");
mysql_select_db("medgulf");

// mention the file name to display in download prompt
$file_name = "download.csv";

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$file_name\"");
header("Cache-Control: cache, must-revalidate");
header("Pragma: public");

// Output header
//echo "Name,Code"."\n";

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM vehicle_info");
while($rs = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo $rs["user_name"].",";
echo $rs["entry_date"].",";
echo $rs["id_no"].",";
echo $rs["license_type"].",";
echo $rs["vehicle_type"].",";
echo $rs["plate_no"].",";
echo $rs["chassis_no"].",";
echo $rs["body_type"].",";
echo $rs["model_year"].",";
echo $rs["status"]."\n";
}
?>