hi i have a script that exports the result of a mysql query to a csv file suitable for downloading
the code looks like
$result = mysql_query("select * from user,mjp1,mjp2,mjp3,mjp4");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$csv_output .= "$row[userid] $row[firstname] $row[lastname]\n" }
header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
header("Content-disposition: csv" . date("Y-m-d") . ".xls");
print $csv_output;
this works fine, except that when i expand the line
$csv_output .="$row[userid] $row[firstname] $row[lastname] $row[anotherfield]
$row[anotherfield] ...\n"}
-to include an increasing number of fields, it tends to bog down the speed at
which the $csv_output file can be printed. when i have this line output 30+
fields for each row, wait time for output file generation is almost 4-5 minutes.
is this the most efficient way to do this? i'd like to be able to generate the
file as quickly as possible.
thanks
redmond
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Redmond Militante
Software Engineer / Medill School of Journalism
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