Question

Below is my code:

<?php 
include('../connectdb.php');

$sql = "SELECT
pro.ScholarId, pro.Lastname, pro.Middlename, pro.Firstname, barangays.BarangayName,    levels.LevelName, payroll.Allowance, sca.isClaimed
FROM scholar_profile as pro 
JOIN scholar_school as school ON pro.SchoolId = school.SchoolId
JOIN levels ON pro.LevelId = levels.LevelId
JOIN barangays ON pro.BarangayId = barangays.BarangayId
JOIN payroll ON payroll.PayrollId = levels.PayrollId
JOIN scholar_points as sp ON pro.ScholarPointId = sp.ScholarPointId
JOIN scholar_claim_allowance as sca ON pro.ScholarId = sca.ScholarId 
ORDER BY pro.LevelId, pro.ScholarId";

$result = mysql_query($sql);

/** Error reporting */
error_reporting(E_ALL);

/** PHPExcel */
require_once 'PHPExcel.php';


// Create new PHPExcel object
#echo date('H:i:s') . " Create new PHPExcel object\n";
$objPHPExcel = new PHPExcel();
$excel = new PHPExcel();

$objPHPExcel->getProperties()->setTitle("Payroll");

if(!$result){
die("Error");
}
$col = 0; 
$row = 2; 
while($mrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { 
$col = 0; 
foreach($mrow as $key=>$value) { 
    $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setCellValueByColumnAndRow($col, $row, $value); 
    $col++; 
} 
$row++;  
} 

// Set active sheet index to the first sheet, so Excel opens this as the first sheet
$objPHPExcel->setActiveSheetIndex(0)
        ->setCellValue('A1', 'Scholar Id')
        ->setCellValue('B1', 'Lastname')
        ->setCellValue('C1', 'Middlename')
        ->setCellValue('D1', 'Firstname')
        ->setCellValue('E1', 'Barangay')
        ->setCellValue('F1', 'Level')
        ->setCellValue('G1', 'Allowance')
        ->setCellValue('H1', 'Has claimed?');
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:H1')->getFont()->setBold(true);
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(12);
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('B')->setWidth(18);
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('C')->setWidth(18);
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('D')->setWidth(18);
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('E')->setWidth(18);
        $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('F')->setWidth(12);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('G')->setWidth(12);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getColumnDimension('H')->setWidth(14);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:H1')->getAlignment()->setHorizontal(PHPExcel_Style_Alignment::HORIZONTAL_CENTER);
$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->setShowGridlines(true);

$objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('A1:H1')->applyFromArray(
array(
    'fill' => array(
        'type' => PHPExcel_Style_Fill::FILL_SOLID,
        'color' => array('rgb' => 'FFFF00')
    )
)
);


// Save Excel 2007 file
#echo date('H:i:s') . " Write to Excel2007 format\n";
$objWriter = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createWriter($objPHPExcel, 'Excel2007');
header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="payroll.xlsx"');
$objWriter->save('payroll.xlsx');

?>

UPDATED MY QUESTION:
– I have to save it in the my documents folder, so it is easy for user to find it. How to save to it a specific folder?

Answer 1

Your best bet is probably to just export this as a CSV file instead of attempting to export it as the binary XLS format. Excel can read CSV files just fine, and writing them is probably three orders of magnitude simpler.

If you want to write a CSV file instead, take a look at fputcsv as a built in PHP function for generating CSV rows.

It’s also important to note that the old mysql_* functions are deprecated, and you should look into using at least mysqli but would optimally be using PDO now.

If you must export these as true XLS files, there are PHP libraries for doing this that will make your job simpler, but they are not trivial to use and typically have a lot of bugs and gotchas that will take time to work around.

Edit: See the comments for an example of a library for doing this.