PHP: Download a string as csv file?

Question

I have a string which contains csv data. Can I somehow offer that string for download as a csv file without saving it before?

Thanks

You can find the solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/217424/create-a-csv-file-for-a-user-in-php — Juan de Parras, Feb 01 '13 at 12:07

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 12:17

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<?php
      header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
      header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"my-data.csv\"");
      $data="col1, col start and end col2,col3, \n";
      $data .= "second line data";
      echo $data;
?>

Above code will display a window in visitor browser asking to save file in local computer or open by suitable application.

answered Feb 01 '13 at 12:17

laxonline

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This should be the top answer. The above did not work for me echoing a csv as a string. – neilsimp1 May 26 '16 at 01:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 01 '13 at 12:19

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header("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=myfilename.csv");

edited Feb 01 '13 at 12:19

dusan

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answered Feb 01 '13 at 12:08

Andrej Bestuzhev

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PHP: Download a string as csv file?

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