Question

How can I keep original format of an integer values after converting it into XLS file? Currently it changes and I see E+ sign and some numbers at the end of the original value. Also zero(0) at the beginning disappears.

Thanks

$OUTPUT.= "<td>".$row["telephone"]."</td>";    //Original value 0852055504077

header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;Filename=file.xls');
echo $OUTPUT;

RESULT is 8.52056E+11

Answer 1

A possible solution is to add an apostrophe (') before the phone number:

$OUTPUT.= "<td>'".$row["telephone"]."</td>";  

In that way you let Excel know not to interpret the value in that cell.