Exporting my database to csv with php

Question

I created a code in php that performs a search on twitter and saves the result (100 tweets ) in a database . In this code , I also have the option to select all database tweets and exports them to a csv file.

However, if the tweet has a line break he'll be that way in csv :

What do I do to save this tweet on one line of the csv ( delete line break )

This is my code that exports tweets to csv :

// Database Connection

$host="xxxxxx";
$uname="xxxxx";
$pass="xxxxxx";
$database = "xxxxxx";   

$connection=mysql_connect($host,$uname,$pass); 

echo mysql_error();

//or die("Database Connection Failed");
$selectdb=mysql_select_db($database) or die("Database could not be selected");  
$result=mysql_select_db($database)
or die("database cannot be selected <br>");


// Fetch Record from Database

$output         = "";
$table          = "tabela_tweets_novo"; // Enter Your Table Name
$sql            = mysql_query("select tweet from $table");
$columns_total  = mysql_num_fields($sql);

// Get The Field Name

for ($i = 0; $i < $columns_total; $i++) {
    $heading    =   mysql_field_name($sql, $i);
    $output     .= '"'.$heading.'",';
}
$output .="\n";

// Get Records from the table

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {
for ($i = 0; $i < $columns_total; $i++) {

$acentua = utf8_decode($row["$i"]);
$output .='"'.$acentua.'",';
}
$output .="\n";
}

// Download the file

$filename =  "UUXPost.csv";
header('Content-type: application/csv');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filename);

echo $output;
exit;

Bernd Buffen · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-27 20:19:20Z

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Insert the 3 Line in your Code and change the replace string to what you want

$acentua = utf8_decode($row["$i"]);    <- your code

$order   = array("\r\n", "\n", "\r");
$replace = '<br />';
$acentua = str_replace($order, $replace, $acentua);

$output .='"'.$acentua.'",';            <- your code

answered Aug 27, 2015 at 20:19

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m02ph3u5 · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-27 20:24:00Z

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You should use PHP's built-in csv methods that'll handle escaping for you (you'll have to escape fields with linebreaks). Sadly I'm on my mobile right now so it's quite a pita to add the urls. I'll do that later (or some editor).

Search the PHP manual for fputcsv().

answered Aug 27, 2015 at 20:24

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