php csv
// output headers so that the file is downloaded rather than displayed header('Content-Type: text/csv; charset=utf-8'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=data.csv'); // create a file pointer connected to the output stream $output = fopen('php://output', 'w'); // output the column headings fputcsv($output, array('Column 1', 'Column 2', 'Column 3')); // fetch the data mysql_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password'); mysql_select_db('database'); $rows = mysql_query('SELECT field1,field2,field3 FROM table'); // loop over the rows, outputting them while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($rows)) fputcsv($output, $row);