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Create .xls file using PHP

include('db.php');//db connection
$result = mysql_query('select * from care_billing_bill');
$count = mysql_num_fields($result);

for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
$header .= mysql_field_name($result, $i)."\t";
}

while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
$line = '';
foreach($row as $value){
if(!isset($value) || $value == ""){
$value = "\t";
}else{
# important to escape any quotes to preserve them in the data.
$value = str_replace('"', '""', $value);
# needed to encapsulate data in quotes because some data might be multi line.
# the good news is that numbers remain numbers in Excel even though quoted.
$value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
}


$line .= $value;
}
$data .= trim($line)."\n";
}
# this line is needed because returns embedded in the data have "\r"
# and this looks like a "box character" in Excel
$data = str_replace("\r", "", $data);


# Nice to let someone know that the search came up empty.
# Otherwise only the column name headers will be output to Excel.
if ($data == "") {
$data = "\nno matching records found\n";
}

header("Content-type: application/x-msdownload");
# This line will stream the file to the user rather than spray it across the screen
header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel; name='excel'");
//header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-word; name='word'");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls");
//header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.doc");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Expires: 0");

echo $header."\n".$data;

//print "done";

?>