Export database table data to excel format
Select the table to be exported to Excel Format
excel.php
<table style="width:100%;left:0px;position:relative;empty-cells:show;" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr height=50>
<td style="color:#CC3300;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;">Select the table to be exported to Excel Format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:blue;font-size:12px;">Select Table</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="color:blue;font-size:12px;">
<select name="selected_table" >
<option value=""> </option>
<?php
$fromdb=$_SESSION['COMPANY_DB'];
$sql = "SHOW TABLES FROM ".$fromdb;
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$table=$row[0];
echo "<option value=$table>$table</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR></br>
<input type=submit name="export" value="Export">
export.php
if($export)
{
$my_table=$_REQUEST['selected_table'];
$result = mysql_query('select * from '.$my_table);
$count = mysql_num_fields($result);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
$header .= mysql_field_name($result, $i)."\t";
}
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
$line = '';
foreach($row as $value){
if(!isset($value) || $value == ""){
$value = "\t";
}else{
# important to escape any quotes to preserve them in the data.
$value = str_replace('"', '""', $value);
# needed to encapsulate data in quotes because some data might be multi line.
# the good news is that numbers remain numbers in Excel even though quoted.
$value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
}
$line .= $value;
}
$data .= trim($line)."\n";
}
# this line is needed because returns embedded in the data have "\r"
# and this looks like a "box character" in Excel
$data = str_replace("\r", "", $data);
# Nice to let someone know that the search came up empty.
# Otherwise only the column name headers will be output to Excel.
if ($data == "") {
$data = "\nno matching records found\n";
}
header("Content-type: application/x-msdownload");
# This line will stream the file to the user rather than spray it across the screen
//header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
echo $header."\n".$data;
//print "done";
}
header("Location: excel.php");