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Created June 20, 2017 15:55
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MySQL CSV Export via PHP (PHP7 ready)
<?php
/* vars for export */
// database record to be exported
$db_record = 'XXX_TABLE_NAME_XXX';
// optional where query
$where = 'WHERE 1 ORDER BY 1';
// filename for export
$csv_filename = 'db_export_'.$db_record.'_'.date('Y-m-d').'.csv';
// database variables
$hostname = "XXX_HOSTNAME_XXX";
$user = "XXX_USER_XXX";
$password = "XXX_PASS_XXX";
$database = "XXX_DATABASE_XXX";
$port = 3306;
$conn = mysqli_connect($hostname, $user, $password, $database, $port);
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
die("Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
// create empty variable to be filled with export data
$csv_export = '';
// query to get data from database
$query = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM ".$db_record." ".$where);
$field = mysqli_field_count($conn);
// create line with field names
for($i = 0; $i < $field; $i++) {
$csv_export.= mysqli_fetch_field_direct($query, $i)->name.';';
}
// newline (seems to work both on Linux & Windows servers)
$csv_export.= '
';
// loop through database query and fill export variable
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($query)) {
// create line with field values
for($i = 0; $i < $field; $i++) {
$csv_export.= '"'.$row[mysqli_fetch_field_direct($query, $i)->name].'";';
}
$csv_export.= '
';
}
// Export the data and prompt a csv file for download
header("Content-type: text/x-csv");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=".$csv_filename."");
echo($csv_export);
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Thanks a lot!

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