Create a CSV File for a user in PHP

Question

I have data in a MySQL database. I am sending the user a URL to get their data out as a CSV file.

I have the e-mailing of the link, MySQL query, etc. covered.

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Answer 1

Create your file then return a reference to it with the correct header to trigger the Save As - edit the following as needed. Put your CSV data into $csvdata.

$fname = 'myCSV.csv';
$fp = fopen($fname,'wb');
fwrite($fp,$csvdata);
fclose($fp);

header('Content-type: application/csv');
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=".$fname);
readfile($fname);