change column headers on CSV export

[ultraloveninja]

Hey there!

 

I was wondering if it's possible to change the header columns on a CSV export from a MySQL select?

 

Currently it pulls the information that I need and creates a CSV file, but the first row is the column name from the database and I am not sure if there is a way to change that when the CSV is created.

 

Here's the export script that I am using:

<?php
// Connect database
require_once 'library/config.php';
require_once 'library/common.php';
    $csv_terminated = "\n";
    $csv_separator = ",";
    $csv_enclosed = '"';
    $csv_escaped = "\\";
    $sql_query = "SELECT *
FROM tbl_order, tbl_order_item, tbl_product
WHERE tbl_order.od_id = tbl_order_item.od_id
AND tbl_order_item.pd_id = tbl_product.pd_id
AND tbl_order.od_status = 'Paid'";

    // Gets the data from the database
    $result = mysql_query($sql_query);
    $fields_cnt = mysql_num_fields($result);


    $schema_insert = '';

    for ($i = 0; $i < $fields_cnt; $i++)
    {
        $l = $csv_enclosed . str_replace($csv_enclosed, $csv_escaped . $csv_enclosed,
            stripslashes(mysql_field_name($result, $i))) . $csv_enclosed;
        $schema_insert .= $l;
        $schema_insert .= $csv_separator;
    } // end for

    $out = trim(substr($schema_insert, 0, -1));
    $out .= $csv_terminated;

    // Format the data
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
    {
        $schema_insert = '';
        for ($j = 0; $j < $fields_cnt; $j++)
        {
            if ($row[$j] == '0' || $row[$j] != '')
            {

                if ($csv_enclosed == '')
                {
                    $schema_insert .= $row[$j];
                } else
                {
                    $schema_insert .= $csv_enclosed . 
				str_replace($csv_enclosed, $csv_escaped . $csv_enclosed, $row[$j]) . $csv_enclosed;
                }
            } else
            {
                $schema_insert .= '';
            }

            if ($j < $fields_cnt - 1)
            {
                $schema_insert .= $csv_separator;
            }
        } // end for

        $out .= $schema_insert;
        $out .= $csv_terminated;
    } // end while

$now = date("m-d-Y");
$output_file = $now."_export-labels.csv";
file_put_contents($output_file,$out);

header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="' . $output_file . '"'); 
header('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' . $output_file . '"'); 
readfile($output_file);
//header('Content-type: application/csv');
//header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="export.csv"');
//readfile('export.csv');
?>

 

More than anything, I just want to know if it's possible or not.

 

Thanks!

 

[BlueSkyIS]

yes, it is possible. either replace the code that is writing the column names now with code that puts in your own column names, or modify the SQL to use aliases for column names.