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April 14, 2011 20:39
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<?php | |
// force download of CSV | |
// simulate file handle w/ php://output, direct to output (from http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php#72428) | |
// (could alternately write to memory handle & read from stream, this seems more direct) | |
// headers from http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php | |
header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); | |
header('Content-Type: application/csv'); | |
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=FILENAME.csv"); | |
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0'); | |
$handle = fopen('php://output', 'w'); | |
ob_clean(); // clean slate | |
// [given some database query object $result]... | |
while ($row = db_fetch_array($result)) { | |
// parse the data... | |
fputcsv($handle, $row); // direct to buffered output | |
} | |
ob_flush(); // dump buffer | |
fclose($handle); | |
die(); | |
// client should see download prompt and page remains where it was |
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Thank you. It worked fine.