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I have a my sql table called pvdata, I would like to export it to csv file.

But I'm obtaining the following results instead of the normal looking table:

 <br />
 <font size='1'><table class='xdebug-error xe-notice' dir='ltr' border='1'cellspacing='0' cellpadding='1'>
 <tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#f57900' colspan="5"><span style='background-color: #cc0000; color: #fce94f; font-size: x-large;'>( ! )</span> Notice: Undefined variable: header in C:\wamp\www\EXPORT TABLE\index.php on line <i>28</i></th></tr>
<tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#e9b96e' colspan='5'>Call Stack</th></tr>
<tr><th align='center' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>#</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Time</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Memory</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Function</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Location</th></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>1</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.0035</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>256088</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>{main}(  )</td><td title='C:\wamp\www\EXPORT TABLE\index.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\index.php<b>:</b>0</td></tr>
</table></font>
"id id  state   id  state   Longitude   id  state   Longitude   Latitude    id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  Rated Peak Power(kW)    id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  Rated Peak Power(kW)    Temperature losses coefficient  id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  Rated Peak Power(kW)    Temperature losses coefficient  Nominal Operation Cell Temperature  id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  Rated Peak Power(kW)    Temperature losses coefficient  Nominal Operation Cell Temperature  Invertor Effeciency id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  Rated Peak Power(kW)    Temperature losses coefficient  Nominal Operation Cell Temperature  Invertor Effeciency Persil Name <br />"
<font size='1'><table class='xdebug-error xe-notice' dir='ltr' border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='1'>
<tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#f57900' colspan="5"><span style='background-color: #cc0000; color: #fce94f; font-size: x-large;'>( ! )</span> Notice: Undefined variable: data in C:\wamp\www\EXPORT TABLE\index.php on line <i>49</i></th></tr>
<tr><th align='left' bgcolor='#e9b96e' colspan='5'>Call Stack</th></tr>
<tr><th align='center' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>#</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Time</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Memory</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Function</th><th align='left' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>Location</th></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>1</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='center'>0.0035</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec' align='right'>256088</td><td bgcolor='#eeeeec'>{main}(  )</td><td title='C:\wamp\www\EXPORT TABLE\index.php' bgcolor='#eeeeec'>..\index.php<b>:</b>0</td></tr>
</table></font>"id  state   Longitude   Latitude    Altitude(km)    Module Tilt Module Azimuth  Rated Peak Power(kW)    Temperature losses coefficient  Nominal Operation Cell Temperature  Invertor Effeciency Persil Name "
"1  ""persil""  ""0""   ""0""   ""0""   ""0""   ""0""   ""0""   ""0.0047""  ""47""  ""0.9"" ""PERSIL07"""
"2  ""other""   ""12""  ""12""  ""0""   ""15""  ""150"" ""12""  ""0.0046""  ""45""  ""0.95""    ""predefined"""

My php code is:

  <?php

$username = "root";
$password = "";
$hostname = "localhost"; 

$dbhandle = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password) 
  or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");

$selected = mysql_select_db("user data smart grid",$dbhandle) 
  or die("Could not select Data Base");

    header("Content-type: application/csv");
    header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=pvdata.csv");
    header("Pragma: no-cache");
    header("Expires: 0");



$query = "SELECT * FROM pvdata";

$export = mysql_query ($query ) or die ( "Sql error : " . mysql_error( ) );

$fields = mysql_num_fields ( $export );

for ( $i = 0; $i < $fields; $i++ )
{
    $header .= mysql_field_name( $export , $i ) . "\t";

    echo $header;
}

while( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $export ) )
{
    $line = '';
    foreach( $row as $value )
    {                                            
        if ( ( !isset( $value ) ) || ( $value == "" ) )
        {
            $value = "\t";
        }
        else
        {
            $value = str_replace( '"' , '""' , $value );
            $value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
        }
        $line .= $value;
    }
    $data .= trim( $line ) . "\n";
}
$data = str_replace( "\r" , "" , $data );

if ( $data == "" )
{
    $data = "\n(0) Records Found!\n";                        
}

print "$header\n$data";

exit();

?>

so what's going wrong? If I export the table manually from the phpmyadmin, it works fine. I also want to get the names of the columns in the table if possible.

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Because your quote signs in header and data are placed improperly. –  PAM Jun 28 '13 at 10:38
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3 Answers

up vote 2 down vote accepted

Before for loop initialize $header to empty string.

$header = '';//initialize header
for ( $i = 0; $i < $fields; $i++ )
{
    $header .= mysql_field_name( $export , $i ) . "\t";

    echo $header;//remove this line
}

EDIT

Also initialize $data outside while loop.

$data = '';
while( $row = mysql_fetch_row( $export ) )
{
    $line = '';
    foreach( $row as $value )
    {                                            
        if ( ( !isset( $value ) ) || ( $value == "" ) )
        {
            $value = "\t";
        }
        else
        {
            $value = str_replace( '"' , '""' , $value );
            $value = '"' . $value . '"' . "\t";
        }
        $line .= $value;
    }
    $data .= trim( $line ) . "\n";
}
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Isn't $header empty at start? Vars in PHP does not have to be initialised before use... –  PAM Jun 28 '13 at 10:40
 
I tried what you said, still giving the same –  maggie Jun 28 '13 at 10:47
 
Also you need to initialize $data outside while loop. –  Harish Anchu Jun 28 '13 at 10:50
 
@PAM Variable need to initialize because it is used with .= concatination operator. –  Harish Anchu Jun 28 '13 at 10:54
 
@HarishAnchu Yes it's better now, but the cells are still not separated, and some column names are repeated more than once in an arbitrary order –  maggie Jun 28 '13 at 11:00
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up vote 1 down vote

I don't know if it is a typo, but within your script are spaces before the 

   <?php

this will result in an html document being delivered and your header-calls will fail. So remove the spaces and any other output before "header" calls.

You are getting error messages up there, for a quick solution try:

error_reporting(0);

Line 28: $header is not known, this makes 

$header .=

appending to a unknown variable.

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There's no space before <?php –  maggie Jun 28 '13 at 10:47
 
I tried $header = ' ' before the loop, same thing –  maggie Jun 28 '13 at 10:53
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up vote 0 down vote

You can use fputcsv function for clear code.

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