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Array to CSV
<?php
function convert_to_csv($input_array, $output_file_name, $delimiter)
{
/** open raw memory as file, no need for temp files */
$temp_memory = fopen('php://memory', 'w');
/** loop through array */
foreach ($input_array as $line) {
/** default php csv handler **/
fputcsv($temp_memory, $line, $delimiter);
}
/** rewrind the "file" with the csv lines **/
fseek($temp_memory, 0);
/** modify header to be downloadable csv file **/
header('Content-Type: application/csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachement; filename="' . $output_file_name . '";');
/** Send file to browser for download */
fpassthru($temp_memory);
}
/** Array to convert to csv */
$array_to_csv = Array(
Array(12566,
'Enmanuel',
'Corvo'
),
Array(56544,
'John',
'Doe'
),
Array(78550,
'Mark',
'Smith'
)
);
convert_to_csv($array_to_csv, 'report.csv', ',');
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