Uploading files with CodeIgniter - codeigniter

Question

I am using CodeIgniter to download a file created by using the following code:
header('Content-type: text/csv');
header('Content-disposition: attachment;filename=Pricemaster.csv');
echo "Category,Supplier,Org Name,Org Modelno,Capacity,Our Modelno,China,OEM + Freight,Cost Price,USD %,USD price,GBP price,INR %,INR Conversion rate,INR price" . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($data as $val) {
$imp = implode(',', $val);
echo $imp . PHP_EOL;
}
I want to save this file to my upload folder. How can I do this?

Answer 1

You can write files to the server by using the File Helper
Firstly load the file helper:
$this->load->helper('file');
Then try this:
$file_path = './uploads/file.php'
$output = "Category,Supplier,Org Name,Org Modelno,Capacity,Our Modelno,China,OEM + Freight,Cost Price,USD %,USD price,GBP price,INR %,INR Conversion rate,INR price" . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($data as $val) {
$imp = implode(',', $val);
$output .= $imp . PHP_EOL;
}
if ( ! write_file($file_path, $output)) {
echo 'Unable to write the file';
} else {
echo 'File written!';
}
You'll want to change the file name / path accordingly. The data will obviously be your CSV output.
If the file writes successfully you can use this path to attach to your email.