Saving CSV file instead of downloading - php

Question

So I have this code to generate a CSV file from mysql database. But however, it downloads the code instead of saving it to the directory for further use (need to send that file via phpmailer).
What changes should I do to make it save the file to the directory.
$array = array();
if(file_exists('records_monthly.csv'))
{
unlink('records_monthly.csv');
}
# Headers
$array[] = array("Serial Number","Donation Type", "Amount", "Status", "Date", "Orderref", "DIN");
$serial=1;
try
{
$s = $conn->query("SELECT c.firstname AS firstname, c.lastname as lastname, c.address AS address, c.city AS city, c.postalnumber AS postalnumber, c.email AS cemail, d.donation_type as donation_type, d.donation_amount as donation_amount, d.orderref as orderref, d.status as status, d.donation_on AS donation_on, d.din as din from customers c, donations d where c.email = d.donator");
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
while($donations = $s->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
{
if($donations->status == 0)
{
$array[] = array($serial++,$donations->donation_type,$donations->donation_amount,"Failed",$donations->donation_on,$donations->orderref,$donations->din);
}
else
{
$array[] = array($serial++,$donations->donation_type,$donations->donation_amount,"Success",$donations->donation_on,$donations->orderref,$donations->din);
}
}
array_to_csv_download($array,"records_monthly.csv",",");
function array_to_csv_download($array, $filename = "export.csv", $delimiter=";") {
// open raw memory as file so no temp files needed, you might run out of memory though
$f = fopen('php://memory', 'w');
// loop over the input array
foreach ($array as $line) {
// generate csv lines from the inner arrays
fputcsv($f, $line, $delimiter);
}
// rewind the "file" with the csv lines
fseek($f, 0);
// tell the browser it's going to be a csv file
header('Content-Type: application/csv');
// tell the browser we want to save it instead of displaying it
header('Content-Disposition: attachement; filename="'.$filename.'";');
// make php send the generated csv lines to the browser
fpassthru($f);
}

Answer 1

Write directly to the named file rather than to php://memory and don't send headers and output to the browser
function array_to_csv_without_download($array, $filename = "export.csv", $delimiter=";") {
$f = fopen($filename, 'w');
// loop over the input array
foreach ($array as $line) {
// generate csv lines from the inner arrays
fputcsv($f, $line, $delimiter);
}
fclose($f);
}