How to export in Excel format

Just Try With The Following :

PHP Part :

/*******EDIT LINES 3-8*******/
$DB_Server = "localhost"; //MySQL Server
$DB_Username = "username"; //MySQL Username
$DB_Password = "password"; //MySQL Password
$DB_DBName = "databasename"; //MySQL Database Name
$DB_TBLName = "tablename"; //MySQL Table Name
$filename = "excelfilename"; //File Name
/*******YOU DO NOT NEED TO EDIT ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE*******/
//create MySQL connection
$sql = "Select * from $DB_TBLName";
$Connect = @mysql_connect($DB_Server, $DB_Username, $DB_Password) or die("Couldn't connect to MySQL:
" . mysql_error() . "
" . mysql_errno());
//select database
$Db = @mysql_select_db($DB_DBName, $Connect) or die("Couldn't select database:
" . mysql_error(). "
" . mysql_errno());
//execute query
$result = @mysql_query($sql,$Connect) or die("Couldn't execute query:
" . mysql_error(). "
" . mysql_errno());
$file_ending = "xls";
//header info for browser
header("Content-Type: application/xls");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
/*******Start of Formatting for Excel*******/
//define separator (defines columns in excel & tabs in word)
$sep = "\t"; //tabbed character
//start of printing column names as names of MySQL fields
for ($i = 0; $i < mysql_num_fields($result); $i++) {
echo mysql_field_name($result,$i) . "\t";
}
print("\n");
//end of printing column names
//start while loop to get data
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$schema_insert = "";
for($j=0; $j$result);$j++)
{
if(!isset($row[$j]))
$schema_insert .= "NULL".$sep;
elseif ($row[$j] != "")
$schema_insert .= "$row[$j]".$sep;
else
$schema_insert .= "".$sep;
}
$schema_insert = str_replace($sep."$", "", $schema_insert);
$schema_insert = preg_replace("/\r\n|\n\r|\n|\r/", " ", $schema_insert);
$schema_insert .= "\t";
print(trim($schema_insert));
print "\n";
}
?>
I think this may help you to resolve your problem.

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Sundaram Subramanian9y ago
Accepted answer
To make meaning column names, Take the Columns from Table with Alias Name.

Eg

Select first_name as FirstName, last_name as LastName from TableName
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Abdulrasheed Ibrahim9y ago
Thank you Mukil Vendhan your answer work fine, but please how can I change the columns heading because in my db short words are used so in exporting I need to make it full.
For example in my db I use fname instead of First Name, cd instead of Current Date.
Kindly, help me through I appreciate your quick response which make me very happy.
Thanks in advance.
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Mukil Vendhan9y ago
Just Try With The Following :

PHP Part :
/*******EDIT LINES 3-8*******/
$DB_Server = "localhost"; //MySQL Server
$DB_Username = "username"; //MySQL Username
$DB_Password = "password";             //MySQL Password
$DB_DBName = "databasename";         //MySQL Database Name
$DB_TBLName = "tablename"; //MySQL Table Name
$filename = "excelfilename";         //File Name
/*******YOU DO NOT NEED TO EDIT ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE*******/
//create MySQL connection
$sql = "Select * from $DB_TBLName";
$Connect = @mysql_connect($DB_Server, $DB_Username, $DB_Password) or die("Couldn't connect to MySQL:
" . mysql_error() . "
" . mysql_errno());
//select database
$Db = @mysql_select_db($DB_DBName, $Connect) or die("Couldn't select database:
" . mysql_error(). "
" . mysql_errno());
//execute query
$result = @mysql_query($sql,$Connect) or die("Couldn't execute query:
" . mysql_error(). "
" . mysql_errno());
$file_ending = "xls";
//header info for browser
header("Content-Type: application/xls");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename.xls");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");
/*******Start of Formatting for Excel*******/
//define separator (defines columns in excel & tabs in word)
$sep = "\t"; //tabbed character
//start of printing column names as names of MySQL fields
for ($i = 0; $i < mysql_num_fields($result); $i++) {
echo mysql_field_name($result,$i) . "\t";
}
print("\n");
//end of printing column names
//start while loop to get data
    while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
    {
        $schema_insert = "";
        for($j=0; $j$result);$j++)
        {
            if(!isset($row[$j]))
                $schema_insert .= "NULL".$sep;
            elseif ($row[$j] != "")
                $schema_insert .= "$row[$j]".$sep;
            else
                $schema_insert .= "".$sep;
        }
        $schema_insert = str_replace($sep."$", "", $schema_insert);
        $schema_insert = preg_replace("/\r\n|\n\r|\n|\r/", " ", $schema_insert);
        $schema_insert .= "\t";
        print(trim($schema_insert));
        print "\n";
    }
?>

I think this may help you to resolve your problem.
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