CSV export of a MySQL query using a PHP class. Full article and function source at: http://imelgrat.me/php/csv-exports-using-php-class

download-example.php

<?php
    #Include the class. This class takes the results of a SQL query and outputs in the CSV (comma separated values) format.
    require_once("iam_csvdump.php");

    # Set the parameters: SQL Query, hostname, databasename, dbuser and password
    $dumpfile = new iam_csvdump;

    # Call the CSV Dumping function and THAT'S IT!!!!  A file named export.csv is sent to the user for download
    $dumpfile->dump("SELECT * FROM `tablename`", "export", "csv", "mysql", "root", "", "localhost" );
?>

raw-display-example.php

<?php
    #Include the class. This class takes the results of a SQL query and outputs in the CSV (comma separated values) format.
    require_once("iam_csvdump.php");

    # Set the parameters: SQL Query, hostname, databasename, dbuser and password
    $dumpfile = new iam_csvdump;

    # Call the CSV Dumping function with empty filenames and extension to send the query results to the browser as raw text
    $dumpfile->dump("SELECT * FROM user", "", "", "mysql", "root", "", "localhost" );
?>

Hi, great work
How can I use it with PostgreSql? There is a way to give port 5432 as param?
I'm trying but I receive an http 500 error...