On 19 April 2010 17:00, Andrew Ballard <aballard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Manolis Vlachakis > <vlachakis.manolis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> hallo there everyone.. >> i got an array from my database >> Help with Code Tags<http://www.daniweb.com/forums/misc-explaincode.html?TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=680> >> *PHP Syntax* (Toggle Plain Text<http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post1194347.html#> >> ) >> >> >> 1. $save=split("[|;]",$listOfItems); >> >> >> and what i want i s after making some changes to the attributes on the array >> above to export them on an csv or excel format >> but directly as a message to the browser .. >> i dont want it to be saved on the server ... >> what i cant understand from the examples i found on the net .. >> is how to handle the files and which are created cause >> i just have the array in a php file nothing more... >> >> >> another thing i have in mind is to export from the ldap server the files >> directly but seems to me as the wrong way to do it >> >> thanks >> > > Often when outputting csv, I usually do something like this: > > <?php > > $fp = fopen('php://output', 'w') or die('Could not open stream'); > > foreach ($data as $row) { > // Assumes that $row will be an array. > // Manipulate the data in $row if necessary. > fputcsv($fp, $row); > } > > ?> An interesting idea. I'd do: echo implode(',', $row); regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 </hype> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
