Export Data to CSV string

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OK, this is what I need :

I have an array with data and I need to convert it to a CSV string which can then be passed to CodeIgniter's force_download download function.

I know of PHP's built-in function fputcsv, but I now need to store the whole thing to a string (preferably without first having to save it to a file). And, preferably without having to write any custom function for escaping characters, etc.

So, how can this be done? Any ideas?

there is many ways to do this, you can use a physical file pointer to putcsv and then once completed read it out as a string and unlink the file. I am also quite sure you can ob_start() and fputcsv to php://stdout and grab the output that way also — DevZer0, Jul 27 '13 at 08:42
you dont even have to ob it. just grab the php://output and fputs away. you only need to ob if you want to send a content-length header — Orangepill, Jul 27 '13 at 08:45
Check Paul's answer, I use this function and it works perfrecly : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3933668/convert-array-into-csv — , Jul 28 '13 at 23:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '13 at 01:42

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Have a look at this fputcsv to variable

answered Jul 29 '13 at 01:42

Ashneil Roy

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Export Data to CSV string

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