Create CSV File with PHP - php

Question

I want to create a new .csv file (without opening the raw file first via fopen).
So far I have tried this:
$list[] = array
(
"Name" => "John",
"Gender" => "M",
"Age" => "21"
);
$timestamp0 = date("Y-m-d H:i:sa", time());
$datetime = new DateTime($timestamp0);
$datetime->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Jakarta'));
$timestamp = $datetime->format("Y-m-d_H-i");
$filename = __DIR__ . "/file/" . $timestamp . ".csv";
$header = array("name", "gender", "age");
file_put_contents($filename, implode("\n", $list)); // error here bcs array given :')
My questions are:
How can I change array 2d to csv?
Very need your help :( Thank you so much :")

Answer 1

Using fopen with w will create the file if does not exist:
$list = [
["Name" => "John", "Gender" => "M"],
["Name" => "Doe", "Gender" => "M"],
["Name" => "Sara", "Gender" => "F"]
];
$fp = fopen($filename, 'w');
//Write the header
fputcsv($fp, array_keys($list[0]));
//Write fields
foreach ($list as $fields) {
fputcsv($fp, $fields);
}
fclose($fp);
If you don't like fputcsv and fopen you can use this alternative:
$list = [
["Name" => "John", "Gender" => "M"],
["Name" => "Doe", "Gender" => "M"],
["Name" => "Sara", "Gender" => "F"]
];
$csvArray = ["header" => implode (",", array_keys($list[0]))] + array_map(function($item) {
return implode (",", $item);
}, $list);
file_put_contents($filename, implode ("\n", $csvArray));
I hope this will help you.

Answer 2

You can use below code
$list[]=array ("name","gender","age"); // push header here
$list[] = array("John","M","21"); // push record here
$timestamp0 = date("Y-m-d H:i:sa",time());
$datetime = new DateTime($timestamp0);
$datetime->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Jakarta'));
$timestamp = $datetime->format("Y-m-d_H-i");
$filename = __DIR__ . "/file/" . $timestamp . ".csv";
$fp = fopen($filename, 'w');
foreach ($list as $fields) {
fputcsv($fp, $fields);
}
fclose($fp);
For more detail read php manual about CSV file. http://php.net/manual/en/function.fputcsv.php