title: Export specific table columns to Excel
body: <p>I'm trying to export specific column data (i.e., Ticket #, Company/Customer Name, Issue Subject, Date Closed) from my SQL DB table to Excel (.xls), I have the code written but it's exporting my entire Database table. (See code Below)</p>
  
  <p>Specific column data that needs to be exported:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>ticketID</li>
  <li>name</li>
  <li>company</li>
  <li>subject</li>
  <li>closed</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Also is there any way to add a function that only exports a specific range (i.e., Date range from October 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012)?</p>
  
  <p><pre></p>
  
  <code>&lt;?PHP
  
  //EDIT YOUR MySQL Connection Info:
  $DB_Server = "localhost";        //your MySQL Server
  $DB_Username = "root";                 //your MySQL User Name
  $DB_Password = "";                //your MySQL Password
  $DB_DBName = "my_databse";                //your MySQL Database Name
  $DB_TBLName = "my_table";                //your MySQL Table Name
  
  //$DB_TBLName,  $DB_DBName, may also be commented out &amp; passed to the browser
  //as parameters in a query string, so that this code may be easily reused for
  //any MySQL table or any MySQL database on your server
  
  //DEFINE SQL QUERY:
  //edit this to suit your needs
  $sql = "Select * from $DB_TBLName";
  
  //Optional: print out title to top of Excel or Word file with Timestamp
  //for when file was generated:
  //set $Use_Titel = 1 to generate title, 0 not to use title
  $Use_Title = 1;
  //define date for title: EDIT this to create the time-format you need
  $now_date = DATE('m-d-Y H:i');
  //define title for .doc or .xls file: EDIT this if you want
  $title = "Dump For Table $DB_TBLName from Database $DB_DBName on $now_date";
  /*
  
  Leave the connection info below as it is:
  just edit the above.
  
  (Editing of code past this point recommended only for advanced users.)
  */
  //create MySQL connection
  $Connect = @MYSQL_CONNECT($DB_Server, $DB_Username, $DB_Password)
       or DIE("Couldn't connect to MySQL:&lt;br&gt;" . MYSQL_ERROR() . "&lt;br&gt;" . MYSQL_ERRNO());
  //select database
  $Db = @MYSQL_SELECT_DB($DB_DBName, $Connect)
       or DIE("Couldn't select database:&lt;br&gt;" . MYSQL_ERROR(). "&lt;br&gt;" . MYSQL_ERRNO());
  //execute query
  $result = @MYSQL_QUERY($sql,$Connect)
       or DIE("Couldn't execute query:&lt;br&gt;" . MYSQL_ERROR(). "&lt;br&gt;" . MYSQL_ERRNO());
  
  //if this parameter is included ($w=1), file returned will be in word format ('.doc')
  //if parameter is not included, file returned will be in excel format ('.xls')
  IF (ISSET($w) &amp;&amp; ($w==1))
  {
       $file_type = "msword";
       $file_ending = "doc";
  }ELSE {
       $file_type = "vnd.ms-excel";
       $file_ending = "xls";
  }
  //header info for browser: determines file type ('.doc' or '.xls')
  HEADER("Content-Type: application/$file_type");
  HEADER("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=MDT_DB_$now_date.$file_ending");
  HEADER("Pragma: no-cache");
  HEADER("Expires: 0");
  
  /*    Start of Formatting for Word or Excel    */
  
  IF (ISSET($w) &amp;&amp; ($w==1)) //check for $w again
  {
       /*    FORMATTING FOR WORD DOCUMENTS ('.doc')   */
       //create title with timestamp:
       IF ($Use_Title == 1)
       {
           ECHO("$title\n\n");
       }
       //define separator (defines columns in excel &amp; tabs in word)
       $sep = "\n"; //new line character
  
       WHILE($row = MYSQL_FETCH_ROW($result))
       {
           //set_time_limit(60); // HaRa
           $schema_insert = "";
           FOR($j=0; $j&lt;mysql_num_fields($result);$j++)
           {
           //define field names
           $field_name = MYSQL_FIELD_NAME($result,$j);
           //will show name of fields
           $schema_insert .= "$field_name:\t";
               IF(!ISSET($row[$j])) {
                   $schema_insert .= "NULL".$sep;
                   }
               ELSEIF ($row[$j] != "") {
                   $schema_insert .= "$row[$j]".$sep;
                   }
               ELSE {
                   $schema_insert .= "".$sep;
                   }
           }
           $schema_insert = STR_REPLACE($sep."$", "", $schema_insert);
           $schema_insert .= "\t";
           PRINT(TRIM($schema_insert));
           //end of each mysql row
           //creates line to separate data from each MySQL table row
           PRINT "\n----------------------------------------------------\n";
       }
  }ELSE{
       /*    FORMATTING FOR EXCEL DOCUMENTS ('.xls')   */
       //create title with timestamp:
       IF ($Use_Title == 1)
       {
           ECHO("$title\n");
       }
       //define separator (defines columns in excel &amp; tabs in word)
       $sep = "\t"; //tabbed character
  
       //start of printing column names as names of MySQL fields
       FOR ($i = 0; $i &lt; MYSQL_NUM_FIELDS($result); $i++)
       {
           ECHO MYSQL_FIELD_NAME($result,$i) . "\t";
       }
       PRINT("\n");
       //end of printing column names
  
       //start while loop to get data
       WHILE($row = MYSQL_FETCH_ROW($result))
       {
           //set_time_limit(60); // HaRa
           $schema_insert = "";
           FOR($j=0; $j&lt;mysql_num_fields($result);$j++)
           {
               IF(!ISSET($row[$j]))
                   $schema_insert .= "NULL".$sep;
               ELSEIF ($row[$j] != "")
                   $schema_insert .= "$row[$j]".$sep;
               ELSE
                   $schema_insert .= "".$sep;
           }
           $schema_insert = STR_REPLACE($sep."$", "", $schema_insert);
           //following fix suggested by Josue (thanks, Josue!)
           //this corrects output in excel when table fields contain \n or \r
           //these two characters are now replaced with a space
           $schema_insert = PREG_REPLACE("/\r\n|\n\r|\n|\r/", " ", $schema_insert);
           $schema_insert .= "\t";
           PRINT(TRIM($schema_insert));
           PRINT "\n";
       }
  }
  
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
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