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Export to CSV or XML extension

Thread began 6/22/2018 8:05 am by vernon webb | Last modified 4/16/2021 10:15 am by Ray Borduin | 1938 views | 20 replies |

6/22/2018 8:05 am  |  #1 vernon webb

Export to CSV or XML extension

Is there an extension or that allows me to quickly setup an export to CSV or XML?

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6/22/2018 9:47 am  |  #2 Ray BorduinWebAssist

We don't offer one, but it is easy to build.

Just build an HTML page that displays your content comma separated just like you would any other results page. You will have to view source on the page to make sure it looks right. Commas after each value and new lines for each row.

Once you have it formatted properly you can add a header to the top of the page to make it download like a csv file instead of display in the browser like:

php:
<?php

    header('Content-Type: application/csv');

    // tell the browser we want to save it instead of displaying it

    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="csvfilename.csv";');

?>
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6/22/2018 12:45 pm  |  #3 vernon webb

Any clue on fixing this? The recordset does exist

php:
<?php

//Export to Excel Server Behavior

if (isset($_GET['Export'])&&($_GET['Export']=="Export Spreadsheet")){

    $delim="";

    $delim_replace="";

    if($delim==""){

        $lang=(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],",")===false)?$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']:substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],0,strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],","));

        $semi_array=array("af","zh-hk","zh-mo","zh-cn","zh-sg","zh-tw","fr-ch","de-li","de-ch","it-ch","ja","ko","es-do","es-sv","es-gt","es-hn","es-mx","es-ni","es-pa","es-pe","es-pr","sw");

        $delim=(in_array($lang,$semi_array) || substr_count($lang,"en")>0)?",":";";

    }

    $output="";

    $output="1 = RecruitSavvy   2 = CareerSoft   3 = Warm Calling   4 = Unclaimed Property that 5 = Resume Search Only   6 = Career Changers   7 = Brokerage\n\n";

    $include_hdr="1";

    if($include_hdr=="1"){

        $totalColumns_WADAcustomers=mysql_num_fields($WADAcustomers);

        for ($x=0; $x<$totalColumns_WADAcustomers; $x++) {

            if($x==$totalColumns_WADAcustomers-1){$comma="";}else{$comma=$delim;}

            $output = $output.(ereg_replace("_", " ",mysql_field_name($WADAcustomers, $x))).$comma;

        }

        $output = $output."\r\n";

    }



    do{$fixcomma=array();

            foreach($row_WADAcustomers as $r){array_push($fixcomma,ereg_replace($delim,$delim_replace,$r));}

        $line = join($delim,$fixcomma);

            $line=ereg_replace("\r\n", " ",$line);

            $line = "$line\n";

            $output=$output.$line;}while($row_WADAcustomers = mysql_fetch_assoc($WADAcustomers));

    header("Content-Type: application/xls");

    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=client_report.csv");

    header("Content-Type: application/force-download");

    header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);

    echo $output;

    die();

}

?>
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6/22/2018 2:33 pm  |  #4 Ray BorduinWebAssist

php:
<?php

//Export to Excel Server Behavior

if (isset($_GET['Export'])&&($_GET['Export']=="Export Spreadsheet")){

    $delim="";

    $delim_replace="";

    if($delim==""){

        $lang=(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],",")===false)?$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']:substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],0,strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],","));

        $semi_array=array("af","zh-hk","zh-mo","zh-cn","zh-sg","zh-tw","fr-ch","de-li","de-ch","it-ch","ja","ko","es-do","es-sv","es-gt","es-hn","es-mx","es-ni","es-pa","es-pe","es-pr","sw");

        $delim=(in_array($lang,$semi_array) || substr_count($lang,"en")>0)?",":";";

    }

    $output="";

    $output="1 = RecruitSavvy   2 = CareerSoft   3 = Warm Calling   4 = Unclaimed Property that 5 = Resume Search Only   6 = Career Changers   7 = Brokerage\n\n";

    $include_hdr="1";

    if($include_hdr=="1"){

        $columns = array_keys($WADAcustomers->Results); 

        for ($x=0; $x<sizeof($columns); $x++) {

            if($x!=0) $output.=","

            $output.= (ereg_replace("_", " ",$columns[$x]));

        }

        $output = $output."\r\n";

    }



   for ($x=0; $x<sizeof($WADAcustomers->Results); $x++) {

        $fixcomma=array();

        foreach($WADAcustomers->Results[$x] as $r){array_push($fixcomma,ereg_replace($delim,$delim_replace,$r));}

        $line = join($delim,$fixcomma);

        $line=ereg_replace("\r\n", " ",$line);

        $line = "$line\n";

        $output=$output.$line;

    }

    header("Content-Type: application/xls");

    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=client_report.csv");

    header("Content-Type: application/force-download");

    header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);

    echo $output;

    die();

}

?>
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6/25/2018 7:33 am  |  #5 vernon webb

There's a problem with this line:

$output.= (ereg_replace("_", " ",$columns[$x]));

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6/25/2018 8:43 am  |  #6 Ray BorduinWebAssist

The line:
$columns = array_keys($WADAcustomers);

should be:
$columns = array_keys($WADAcustomers->Results);

I've updated it above.

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6/25/2018 9:14 am  |  #7 vernon webb

Still no good. there was a semicolon missing also which I fixed here

if($x!=0) $output.=",";

But when I hit the Export Spreadsheet I get a 500 error

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6/25/2018 9:38 am  |  #8 Ray BorduinWebAssist

Your code uses the function: ereg_replace();

That function has been removed in php7, so the code had to be updated accordingly. Here is the updated code:

php:
<?php

//Export to Excel Server Behavior

if (isset($_GET['Export'])&&($_GET['Export']=="Export Spreadsheet")){

    $delim="";

    $delim_replace="";

    if($delim==""){

        $lang=(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],",")===false)?$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']:substr($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],0,strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],","));

        $semi_array=array("af","zh-hk","zh-mo","zh-cn","zh-sg","zh-tw","fr-ch","de-li","de-ch","it-ch","ja","ko","es-do","es-sv","es-gt","es-hn","es-mx","es-ni","es-pa","es-pe","es-pr","sw");

        $delim=(in_array($lang,$semi_array) || substr_count($lang,"en")>0)?",":";";

    }

    $output="";

    $output="1 = RecruitSavvy   2 = CareerSoft   3 = Warm Calling   4 = Unclaimed Property that 5 = Resume Search Only   6 = Career Changers   7 = Brokerage\n\n";

    $include_hdr="1";

    if($include_hdr=="1"){

        $columns = array_keys($WADAcustomers->Results[0]); 

        for ($x=0; $x<sizeof($columns); $x++) {

            if($x!=0) $output.=",";

            $output.= str_replace("_", " ",$columns[$x]);

        }

        $output = $output."\r\n";

    }



   for ($x=0; $x<sizeof($WADAcustomers->Results); $x++) {

        $fixcomma=array();

        foreach($WADAcustomers->Results[$x] as $r){array_push($fixcomma,str_replace($delim,$delim_replace,$r));}

        $line = join($delim,$fixcomma);

        $line=str_replace("\r\n", " ",$line);

        $line = "$line\n";

        $output=$output.$line;

    }

    header("Content-Type: application/xls");

    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=client_report.csv");

    header("Content-Type: application/force-download");

    header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);

    echo $output;

    die();

}

?>
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3/29/2021 9:57 pm  |  #9 art226587

This stuff is way beyond my paygrade. I'm having a tough time outputting the contents of my table because there's commas in the stored fields. Any chance I can get some help, Ray? Sorry, I was going to start a new thread, but this seemed like a good place to start.

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3/30/2021 9:30 am  |  #10 Ray BorduinWebAssist

You can use this function:

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php

It will account for commas and other special characters when creating csv files.

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