<?php
/*
 * PHP code to export MySQL data to CSV
 * 
 * Sends the result of a MySQL query as a CSV file for download
 * Easy to convert to UTF-8.
 */

 /*
 * establish database connection
 */

$conn = mysql_connect(\'localhost\', \'login\', \'pass\') or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db(\'database_name\', $conn) or die(mysql_error($conn));
mysql_query(\"SET NAMES CP1252\");
/* 
 * execute sql query   
 */
$query = sprintf(\'SELECT field1,field2 FROM table_name\');
$result = mysql_query($query, $conn) or die(mysql_error($conn));
/* 
 * send response headers to the browser
 * following headers instruct the browser to treat the data as a csv file called export.csv
 */
header(\'Content-Type: text/csv; charset=cp1252\');
header(\'Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=output.csv\');
/* 
 * output header row (if atleast one row exists) 
 */ 
  
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result); 
if ($row) {
  echocsv(array_keys($row));
}

/*
 * output data rows (if atleast one row exists)
 */
while ($row) {
  echocsv($row);
  $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
}

/*
 * echo the input array as csv data maintaining consistency with most CSV implementations
 * - uses double-quotes as enclosure when necessary
 * - uses double double-quotes to escape double-quotes
 * - uses CRLF as a line separator
 */

function echocsv($fields)
{
  $separator = \'\';
  foreach ($fields as $field) {
    if (preg_match(\'/\\\\r|\\\\n|,|\"/\', $field)) {
 $field = \'\"\' . str_replace(\'\"\', \'\"\"\', $field) . \'\"\';
    }
    echo $separator . $field;
    $separator = \',\';
  }
  echo \"\\r\\n\";
}
?>