How can I output a UTF-8 CSV in PHP that Excel will read properly?

Question

I\'ve got this very simple thing that just outputs some stuff in CSV format, but it\'s got to be UTF-8. I open this file in TextEdit or TextMate or Dreamweaver and it displa

Answer 1

#output a UTF-8 CSV in PHP that Excel will read properly.

//Use tab as field separator   
$sep  = "\t";  
$eol  = "\n";    
$fputcsv  =  count($headings) ? '"'. implode('"'.$sep.'"', $headings).'"'.$eol : '';