csv_export_writer Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	__construct ($delimiter='comma', $enclosure='"', $mimetype = 'application/download')
	Constructor for the csv export reader. More...
	__destruct ()
	Make sure that everything is closed when we are finished.
	add_data ($row)
	Add data to the temporary file in csv format. More...
	download_file ()
	Download the csv file.
	print_csv_data ($return=false)
	Echos or returns a csv data line by line for displaying. More...
	set_filename ($dataname, $extension='.csv')
	Set the filename for the uploaded csv file. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static	download_array ($filename, array &$records, $delimiter='comma', $enclosure='"')
	Creates a file for downloading an array into a deliminated format. More...
static	print_array (array &$records, $delimiter='comma', $enclosure='"', $return = false)
	This will convert an array of values into a deliminated string. More...

Public Attributes
string	$csvenclosure
	$csvenclosure How fields with spaces and commas are enclosed.
string	$delimiter
	$delimiter The name of the delimiter. More...
string	$filename
	$filename The filename for the csv file to be downloaded.
string	$mimetype
	$mimetype Mimetype of the file we are exporting.
string	$path
	$path The directory path for storing the temporary csv file.

Protected Member Functions
	send_header ()
	Output file headers to initialise the download of the file.
	set_temp_file_path ()
	Set the file path to the temporary file.

Protected Attributes
resource	$fp
	$fp File pointer for the csv file.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

csv_export_writer::__construct	(		$delimiter = 'comma',
			$enclosure = '"',
			$mimetype = 'application/download'
	)

Constructor for the csv export reader.

Parameters

string	$delimiter	The name of the character used to seperate fields. Supported types(comma, tab, semicolon, colon, cfg)
string	$enclosure	The character used for determining the enclosures.
string	$mimetype	Mime type of the file that we are exporting.

Member Function Documentation

add_data()

csv_export_writer::add_data

(

$row

)

Add data to the temporary file in csv format.

Parameters

array

$row

An array of values.

download_array()

static csv_export_writer::download_array (   $filename, array &  $records,   $delimiter = 'comma',   $enclosure = '"'  )

static

Creates a file for downloading an array into a deliminated format.

This function is useful if you are happy with the defaults and all of your information is in one array.

Parameters

string	$filename	The filename of the file being created.
array	$records	An array of information to be converted.
string	$delimiter	The name of the delimiter. Supported types(comma, tab, semicolon, colon, cfg)
string	$enclosure	How speical fields are enclosed.

print_array()

static csv_export_writer::print_array ( array &  $records,   $delimiter = 'comma',   $enclosure = '"',   $return = false  )

static

This will convert an array of values into a deliminated string.

Like the above function, this is for convenience.

Parameters

array	$records	An array of information to be converted.
string	$delimiter	The name of the delimiter. Supported types(comma, tab, semicolon, colon, cfg)
string	$enclosure	How speical fields are enclosed.
bool	$return	If true will return a string with the csv data.

Return values

string

csv data.

print_csv_data()

csv_export_writer::print_csv_data

(

$return = false

)

Echos or returns a csv data line by line for displaying.

Parameters

bool

$return

Set to true to return a string with the csv data.

Return values

string

csv data.

set_filename()

csv_export_writer::set_filename	(		$dataname,
			$extension = '.csv'
	)

Set the filename for the uploaded csv file.

Parameters

string	$dataname	The name of the module.
string	$extenstion	File extension for the file.

Member Data Documentation

$delimiter

string csv_export_writer::$delimiter

$delimiter The name of the delimiter.

Supported types(comma, tab, semicolon, colon, cfg)

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• lib/csvlib.class.php