Create export.php

Author: mrfrogcoder

export.php

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+<?php
+/*
+ This file will generate our CSV table. There is nothing to display on this page, it is simply used
+ to generate our CSV file and then exit. That way we won't be re-directed after pressing the export
+ to CSV button on the previous page.
+*/
+
+//First we'll generate an output variable called out. It'll have all of our text for the CSV file.
+$out = '';
+
+//Next let's initialize a variable for our filename prefix (optional).
+$filename_prefix = 'csv';
+
+//Next we'll check to see if our variables posted and if they did we'll simply append them to out.
+if (isset($_POST['csv_hdr'])) {
+$out .= $_POST['csv_hdr'];
+$out .= "\n";
+}
+
+if (isset($_POST['csv_output'])) {
+$out .= $_POST['csv_output'];
+$out .= "\n";
+}
+
+//Now we're ready to create a file. This method generates a filename based on the current date & time.
+$filename = $filename_prefix."_".date("Y-m-d_H-i",time());
+
+//Generate the CSV file header
+header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
+header("Content-Encoding: UTF-8");
+header("Content-type: text/csv; charset=UTF-8");
+header("Content-disposition: csv" . date("Y-m-d") . ".csv");
+header("Content-disposition: filename=".$filename.".csv");
+echo "\xEF\xBB\xBF"; // UTF-8 BOM
+//Print the contents of out to the generated file.
+echo $out;
+
+//Exit the script
+exit;
+?>