Export data<\/b> feature is very useful where the data is saved on the local drive for offline uses. Export data to file functionality provides a user-friendly way to maintain a large number of data in the web application. There are various file formats are available to export data and download it as a file. Microsoft Excel is a widely used spreadsheet format that organizes and maintains data.<\/p>\n
Generally, export data functionality is used in the data management section of the web application. Excel is the best format to export data in a file and you can easily export data to excel using PHP<\/b>. In this tutorial, we will show you how to export data to Excel in PHP.<\/p>\n
The example PHP 8 export Excel script lets you integrate export data to excel functionality. With one click, the user can export data from the MySQL database to Excel and download it in MS Excel file format (.xls\/.xlsx).<\/p>\n
In this example script, we will export data from the array (defined in the script) to an excel file.<\/p>\n
The The The following code helps to export data in excel and download it as a file using PHP.<\/p>\n In this example script, we will export data from the MySQL database to an excel file using PHP. <\/p>\n Create Database Table:<\/b> Here is the SQL statement to create a new MySQL table named members with the specified fields:<\/p>\n$data<\/code> variable holds the data in array format which will be exported to Excel using PHP:<\/p>\n$data <\/span>= array(
array(<\/span>\"NAME\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"John Doe\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"EMAIL\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"john.doe@gmail.com\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"GENDER\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Male\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"COUNTRY\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"United States\"<\/span>),
array(<\/span>\"NAME\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Gary Riley\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"EMAIL\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"gary@hotmail.com\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"GENDER\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Male\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"COUNTRY\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"United Kingdom\"<\/span>),
array(<\/span>\"NAME\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Edward Siu\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"EMAIL\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"siu.edward@gmail.com\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"GENDER\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Male\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"COUNTRY\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Switzerland\"<\/span>),
array(<\/span>\"NAME\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Betty Simons\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"EMAIL\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"simons@example.com\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"GENDER\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Female\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"COUNTRY\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Australia\"<\/span>),
array(<\/span>\"NAME\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Frances Lieberman\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"EMAIL\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"lieberman@gmail.com\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"GENDER\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"Female\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"COUNTRY\" <\/span>=> <\/span>\"United Kingdom\"<\/span>)
);<\/span><\/pre>\nfilterData()<\/code> function is used to filter string before added to the excel sheet row:<\/p>\nfunction <\/span>filterData<\/span>(&<\/span>$str<\/span>){
<\/span>$str <\/span>= <\/span>preg_replace<\/span>(<\/span>\"\/\\t\/\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"\\\\t\"<\/span>, <\/span>$str<\/span>);
<\/span>$str <\/span>= <\/span>preg_replace<\/span>(<\/span>\"\/\\r?\\n\/\"<\/span>, <\/span>\"\\\\n\"<\/span>, <\/span>$str<\/span>);
if(<\/span>strstr<\/span>(<\/span>$str<\/span>, <\/span>'\"'<\/span>)) <\/span>$str <\/span>= <\/span>'\"' <\/span>. <\/span>str_replace<\/span>(<\/span>'\"'<\/span>, <\/span>'\"\"'<\/span>, <\/span>$str<\/span>) . <\/span>'\"'<\/span>;
}<\/span><\/pre>\n\n
$fileName<\/code> variable defines the name of the excel file.<\/li>\n$data<\/code> array.<\/li>\n$flag<\/code> variable.<\/li>\nfilterData()<\/code> function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\/\/ Excel file name for download
<\/span>$filename <\/span>= <\/span>\"data_export_\" <\/span>. <\/span>date<\/span>(<\/span>'Ymd_His'<\/span>) . <\/span>\".xls\"<\/span>;
<\/span>\/\/ Headers for download
<\/span>header<\/span>(<\/span>\"Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\\\"<\/span>$filename<\/span>\\\"\"<\/span>);
<\/span>header<\/span>(<\/span>\"Content-Type: application\/vnd.ms-excel\"<\/span>);
<\/span>$flag <\/span>= <\/span>false<\/span>;
foreach(<\/span>$data <\/span>as <\/span>$row<\/span>) {
if(!<\/span>$flag<\/span>) {
<\/span>\/\/ display column names as first row
<\/span>echo <\/span>implode<\/span>(<\/span>\"\\t\"<\/span>, <\/span>array_keys<\/span>(<\/span>$row<\/span>)) . <\/span>\"\\n\"<\/span>;
<\/span>$flag <\/span>= <\/span>true<\/span>;
}
<\/span>\/\/ filter data
<\/span>array_walk<\/span>(<\/span>$row<\/span>, <\/span>'filterData'<\/span>);
echo <\/span>implode<\/span>(<\/span>\"\\t\"<\/span>, <\/span>array_values<\/span>(<\/span>$row<\/span>)) . <\/span>\"\\n\"<\/span>;
}
exit;<\/span><\/pre>\nExport Data from Database to Excel (.xls) with PHP and MySQL<\/h2>\n
\nFor this example, we will create a members<\/code> table in the MySQL database from which data will be exported to Excel.<\/p>\nCREATE<\/span> TABLE<\/span> members (\r\n id<\/span> INT<\/span>(11<\/span>) UNSIGNED<\/span> AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY<\/span>,\r\n first_name VARCHAR<\/span>(50<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n last_name VARCHAR<\/span>(50<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n email VARCHAR<\/span>(100<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> UNIQUE<\/span>,\r\n gender ENUM('Male'<\/span>, 'Female'<\/span>, 'Other'<\/span>) DEFAULT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n country VARCHAR<\/span>(50<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span>,\r\n created DATETIME NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span> CURRENT_TIMESTAMP<\/span>,\r\n status<\/span> TINYINT(1<\/span>) NOT<\/span> NULL<\/span> DEFAULT<\/span>