Creating Excel file from MySQL

Question

I am trying to generate an XLS file from a table in a MySQL DB, but the Excel file is not properly formatted & given error when the Excel file generated \"The file which you

Answer 1

Sl No";
    for ( $i = 0; $i < $numcolumn; $i++ ) {
        $msg.="";
        $msg.= mysql_field_name($res, $i);  //will store column name of the table to msg variable
        $msg.="";

    }
    $msg.="";
    $i=0;
    $count=1; //used to print sl.no
    while($row=mysql_fetch_array($res))  //fetch all the row as array
    {

        $msg.="".$count."";
        for($i=0;$i< $numcolumn;$i++)
        {
            $var=$row[$i]; //will store all the values of row 
            $msg.="".$var."";
        }
        $count=$count+1;
        $msg.="";
    }

    $msg.="";
    echo $msg;  //will print the content in the exel page
}
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