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+<?php
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * Set of functions used to build XLS dumps of tables
+ *
+ * @version $Id: xls.php 11335 2008-06-21 14:01:54Z lem9 $
+ */
+if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
+    exit;
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+// Check if we have native MS Excel export using PEAR class Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer
+if (!empty($GLOBALS['cfg']['TempDir'])) {
+    @include_once 'Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php';
+    if (class_exists('Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer')) {
+        $xls = TRUE;
+    } else {
+        $xls = FALSE;
+    }
+} else {
+    $xls = FALSE;
+}
+
+if ($xls) {
+
+    if (isset($plugin_list)) {
+        $plugin_list['xls'] = array(
+            'text' => 'strStrucNativeExcel',
+            'extension' => 'xls',
+            'mime_type' => 'application/vnd.ms-excel',
+            'force_file' => true,
+            'options' => array(
+                array('type' => 'text', 'name' => 'null', 'text' => 'strReplaceNULLBy'),
+                array('type' => 'bool', 'name' => 'columns', 'text' => 'strPutColNames'),
+                array('type' => 'hidden', 'name' => 'data'),
+                ),
+            'options_text' => 'strOptions',
+            );
+    } else {
+
+/**
+ * Set of functions used to build MS Excel dumps of tables
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Outputs comment
+ *
+ * @param   string      Text of comment
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ */
+function PMA_exportComment($text)
+{
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outputs export footer
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ */
+function PMA_exportFooter()
+{
+    global $workbook;
+    global $tmp_filename;
+
+    $res = $workbook->close();
+    if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
+        echo $res->getMessage();
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    if (!PMA_exportOutputHandler(file_get_contents($tmp_filename))) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    unlink($tmp_filename);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outputs export header
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ */
+function PMA_exportHeader()
+{
+    global $workbook;
+    global $tmp_filename;
+
+    if (empty($GLOBALS['cfg']['TempDir'])) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    $tmp_filename = tempnam(realpath($GLOBALS['cfg']['TempDir']), 'pma_xls_');
+    $workbook = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer($tmp_filename);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outputs database header
+ *
+ * @param   string      Database name
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ */
+function PMA_exportDBHeader($db)
+{
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outputs database footer
+ *
+ * @param   string      Database name
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ */
+function PMA_exportDBFooter($db)
+{
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outputs create database database
+ *
+ * @param   string      Database name
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ */
+function PMA_exportDBCreate($db)
+{
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outputs the content of a table in CSV format
+ *
+ * @param   string      the database name
+ * @param   string      the table name
+ * @param   string      the end of line sequence
+ * @param   string      the url to go back in case of error
+ * @param   string      SQL query for obtaining data
+ *
+ * @return  bool        Whether it suceeded
+ *
+ * @access  public
+ */
+function PMA_exportData($db, $table, $crlf, $error_url, $sql_query)
+{
+    global $what;
+    global $workbook;
+
+    $workbook->setTempDir(realpath($GLOBALS['cfg']['TempDir']));
+
+    // Gets the data from the database
+    $result      = PMA_DBI_query($sql_query, null, PMA_DBI_QUERY_UNBUFFERED);
+    $fields_cnt  = PMA_DBI_num_fields($result);
+
+    $row = PMA_DBI_fetch_row($result);
+    for ($sheetIndex = 0; ; $sheetIndex++) {
+        // Maximum sheet name length is 31 chars - leave 2 for numeric index
+        $sheetName = substr($table, 0, 29) . ($sheetIndex > 0 ? $sheetIndex : '');
+        $worksheet =& $workbook->addWorksheet($sheetName);
+        $rowIndex = 0;
+
+        // If required, get fields name at the first line
+        if (isset($GLOBALS['xls_columns']) && $GLOBALS['xls_columns']) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $fields_cnt; $i++) {
+                $worksheet->write(0, $i, stripslashes(PMA_DBI_field_name($result, $i)));
+            } // end for
+            $worksheet->repeatRows($rowIndex);
+            $worksheet->freezePanes(array($rowIndex + 1, 0, $rowIndex + 1, 0));
+            $rowIndex++;
+        } // end if
+
+        // Format the data (max 65536 rows per worksheet)
+        while ($rowIndex < 65536 && $row) {
+            set_time_limit(0);
+            for ($j = 0; $j < $fields_cnt; $j++) {
+                if (!isset($row[$j]) || is_null($row[$j])) {
+                    $worksheet->write($rowIndex, $j, $GLOBALS['xls_null']);
+                } elseif ($row[$j] == '0' || $row[$j] != '') {
+                    /**
+                     * @todo we should somehow handle character set here!
+                     */
+                    $worksheet->write($rowIndex, $j, $row[$j]);
+                } else {
+                    $worksheet->write($rowIndex, $j, '');
+                }
+            } // end for
+            $rowIndex++;
+            $row = PMA_DBI_fetch_row($result);
+        } // end while
+        if (!$row) {
+            break;
+        }
+    } // end for
+    PMA_DBI_free_result($result);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+    }
+}
+?>