I want to generate XLS files with a PHP script from a MySQL database. The big problem here is that when I open the new exported .xls file, I see the values OK (i.e. it is correctly formatted) but the colour of the field changed to white. However, I need the colour unchanged, as is by default in Excel.
Here is the PHP script that I use to extract data from my database.
<?php
include 'connect.php';
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM projects2');
?>
<center><h1>Lista valorilor din tabela</h1>
<h2><a href="lec_datepm.php?exporta_lista_clienti=1" title="Exporta lista clienti in Excell" target="_blank">Exporta lista Clienti</a></h2></center>
<?php
include_once 'tabel_clientipm.php';
?>
The PHP file used to generate the XLS file is:
<?php
include 'connect.php';
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM projects2');
if (isset($_GET['exporta_lista_clienti'])) {
$filename = 'raportnou.xls';
header("Content-type: application/ms-excel");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
include_once 'tabel_clientipm.php';
exit();
}
?>
I added the tabel_clientipm.php:
<center>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>surname</th>
<th>name</th>
<th>age</th>
</tr>
<?php
while ($client = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $client['surname'];?></td>
<td><?php echo $client['name'];?></td>
<td><?php echo $client['age'];?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>
</table>
</center>
tabel_clientipm.php