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PHP Export Excel to specific Path?

I’m not really familiar with PHP exporting to excel or csv, but I’m using PHP MySQL for a local point of sale.
According to the code below, this actually works..But not in the way it should be ! All records are placed as 1 row inside the csv file, how can i fix that ? Also, How would I stop overwriting the same file…I mean When I click on a Button to export the csv, it should check if there is an existing csv file, If there is–Create new one !

Thank You

require_once('connect_db.php');

$items_array = array();

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM sold_items");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
    $items_array[] = $row['item_no'];

    $items_array[] = $row['qty'];
}

$f = fopen('C:/mycsv.csv', 'w');
fputcsv($f, $items_array);
fclose($f);

Answer 1

fputcsv appears to only be writing one row/record, and includes a row/record terminator in its output. You will need to call fputcsv for each line of the report.

dbf’s solution for a sequential filenaming works well in many cases. Personally, I’ve found appending a timestamp helpful, as it requires less IO when there is a collection of existing files. Additionally, it makes it possible to know when the report was from without having to open each, even in the cases where the report was modified/copied/touched.

Minor detail: adjusted the query to just the columns your using.

<?php

require_once('connect_db.php');

$result = mysql_query("SELECT item_no, qty FROM sold_items");

$timestamp = date('Ymd-His'); 

$f = fopen("C:/mycsv-{$timestamp}.csv", 'w');

// Headers    
fputcsv($f, array('Item No', 'Qty'));

while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
    fputcsv($f, $row);
}
fclose($f);