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Asked: 2026-06-13T09:22:13+00:00

I need to Export mysql table into Excel Format. I Have tried but still

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I need to Export mysql table into Excel Format. I Have tried but still I couldn’t get the correct format. can anyone please help me to fix this. I have attached my php function below.

<body>
<?php

function export_excel_csv()
{
    $conn = mysql_connect("localhost","itsup739_uaquiz","itsup739_uaquiz");
    $db = mysql_select_db("itsup739_uaquizDB",$conn);

    $sql = "SELECT * FROM results";
    $rec = mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());

    $num_fields = mysql_num_fields($rec);

    for($i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++ )
    {
        $header .= mysql_field_name($rec,$i)."\\t";
    }

    while($row = mysql_fetch_row($rec))
    {
        $line = '';
        foreach($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 No Record Found!\n";                       
    }

    header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=reports.xls");
    header("Pragma: no-cache");
    header("Expires: 0");
    print "$header\\n$data";
    //echo $header;
}
export_excel_csv();
?>

Please Follow the link to see the output.

http://itsupportsrilanka.com/uaquiz/admin/export.php

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s actually really really easy, to export to excel.

    Just create your content as normal HTML table like this:

    $contents = '<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Row 1</td>
    <td>Row 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>bLAH BLAH</Td>
    <td>Blah Blah</td>
  </tr>
</table>';

    Now set the headers as excel document and output your table:

    $filename = 'my_excel_file.xls';
header( 'Content-type: application/ms-excel' );
header( 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $filename );

echo $contents;

    That’s pretty much it.

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