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export sql results to excel
<?php
/*******EDIT LINES 3-8*******/
$DB_Server = "localhost"; //MySQL Server
$DB_Username = "root"; //MySQL Username
$DB_Password = ""; //MySQL Password
$DB_DBName = "backoffice"; //MySQL Database Name
$filename = "excelfilename"; //File Name
/*******YOU DO NOT NEED TO EDIT ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE*******/
//create MySQL connection
$sql = 'Select * from $DB_TBLName';
$Connect = mysqli_connect($DB_Server, $DB_Username, $DB_Password, $DB_DBName) or die("Couldn't connect to MySQL:<br>" . $Connect->connect_error. "<br>" . $Connect->connect_errno);
//execute query
$result = $Connect->query($sql) or die("Couldn't execute query:<br>" . $Connect->connect_error. "<br>" . $Connect->connect_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)
$sep = "\t"; //tabbed character
//start of printing column names as names of MySQL fields
while ($fieldinfo = $result->fetch_field()) {
echo $fieldinfo -> name . "\t";
}
print("\n");
//end of printing column names
//start while loop to get data
while($row = mysqli_fetch_row($result))
{
$schema_insert = "";
for($j=0; $j<mysqli_num_fields($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";
}
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Script was upgraded to php7

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