export pdf from php

exportCSV

function export_csv() {
    $filename = "file_" . date('Y-m-d');
    
    // get csv data
    $data = $this->get_csv_data(); // expects: array with lines as array
    
    // define header
    $header = array('col1', 'col2', 'col3');
    
    // export
    toCSV($header, $data, $filename);
}

function toCSV($header, $data, $filename) {
    $sep  = "\t";
    $eol  = "\n";
    $csv  =  count($header) ? '"'. implode('"'.$sep.'"', $header).'"'.$eol : '';
    foreach($data as $line) {
        $csv .= '"'. implode('"'.$sep.'"', $line).'"'.$eol;
    }
    $encoded_csv = mb_convert_encoding($csv, 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8');
    header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
    header('Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'.csv"');
    header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
    header('Expires: 0');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
    header('Pragma: public');
    header('Content-Length: '. strlen($encoded_csv));
    echo chr(255) . chr(254) . $encoded_csv;
    exit;
}