Building CSV with array

Question

I need to run a query that will return multiple rows and export it to a CSV. I have to put the cells in a certain order though.

So lets say my table is laid out id,

Answer 1

This short scripts build the CSV and allows you to download it also:

function convert_to_csv($input_array, $output_file_name, $delimiter)
{
    /** open raw memory as file, no need for temp files */
    $temp_memory = fopen('php://memory', 'w');
    /** loop through array */
    foreach ($input_array as $line) {
        /** default php csv handler **/
        fputcsv($temp_memory, $line, $delimiter);
    }
    /** rewrind the "file" with the csv lines **/
    fseek($temp_memory, 0);
    /** modify header to be downloadable csv file **/
    header('Content-Type: application/csv');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachement; filename="' . $output_file_name . '";');
    /** Send file to browser for download */
    fpassthru($temp_memory);
}

/** Array to convert to csv */
$array_to_csv = Array(Array(12566, 'Enmanuel', 'Corvo'), Array(56544, 'John', 'Doe'), Array(78550, 'Mark', 'Smith'));
convert_to_csv($array_to_csv, 'report.csv', ',');

You can read the full post here:

PHP Array to CSV - Download