fputcsv display leading zeros

Question

I\'m using a php script to generate an excel CSV file from a result-set query. All works fine but when i read my excel file, I can not display leading zeros.

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Answer 1

Try casting it to string like:

fputcsv($fp, (string) $val);

OR, Opening XLS file will truncate leading 0 so try adding /t before zero to avoid 0 truncation while creating your row values.