Heres a sample code on how to export excel from a database

<?php
/*This require call will be different depending on how your PEAR
*is installed. The below call works with the zipped test PEAR
*files I have provided if your script is in the same folder as
*the zipped PEAR folder.
*Normally, If you have PEAR installed correctly, you would
*use the call: require_once(’Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php’); */
require_once(’dbconn.php’);
require_once(’PEAR/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer/Writer.php’);

/* Data to be inserted into excel in an array of arrays
* Each array is the avg monthly temp of a different city */
$sql = “SELECT * FROM customers”;
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
$ctr = 0;
$ctr2 = 0;
while($rs = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)):
for($i = 0; $i send(’customers.xls’);

//Creating a worksheet
$worksheet=&$workbook->addWorksheet(’Export’);
$worksheet->setLandscape();

//set all columns same width
$columnWidth = 10;
$worksheet->setColumn (0, $numColumns, $columnWidth);

//Setup different styles
$sheetTitleFormat =& $workbook->addFormat(array(’bold’=>1,
’size’=>10));
$columnTitleFormat =& $workbook->addFormat(array(’bold’=>1,
‘top’=>1,
‘bottom’=>1 ,
’size’=>9));
$regularFormat =& $workbook->addFormat(array(’size’=>9,
‘align’=>’left’,
‘textWrap’=>1));

/*Speadsheet writer is in format y,x (row, column)
* column1 | column2 | column3
* (0,0) (0,1) (0,2) */

$column = 0;
$row = 0;

//Write sheet title in upper left cell
$worksheet->write($row, $column, $sheetTitle, $sheetTitleFormat);

//Write column titles two rows beneath sheet title
$row += 2;
foreach ($columnTitles as $title) {
$worksheet->write($row, $column, $title, $columnTitleFormat);
$column++;
}

//Write each datapoint to the sheet starting one row beneath
$row++;
foreach ($data as $subArrayKey => $subArray) {
//Loop through each row
$column = 0;
foreach ($subArray as $value) {
//Loop through each row’s columns
$worksheet->write($row, $column, $value, $regularFormat);
$column++;
}
$row++;
}
$workbook->close();
?>

Hi I encountoured that problem also and managed to fix that. just add this code to your script

$workbook->setVersion(8);

Thanks, well put together…and you just helped me implement this with AMFPHP with an array comming from a Flex UI.