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This tutorial tackles on how to export MySQL database into .csv/CSV file using PHP/MySQLi. Usually, we export MySQL database using our phpMyAdmin and it is in .sql format but if you want it in CSV format, this tutorial will help you on how to achieve this. CSV stands for Comma-separated Values which is a simple file format used to store tabular data such as database.

This tutorial tackles on how to import data from .csv file or CSV into MySQL database using PHP/MySQLi. CSV stands for Comma-separated Values which is a simple file format used to store tabular data such as database. As the name suggested, the data in this files are separated by commas and most of the time came from excel spreadsheets.

Introduction: As you can see from the title, this is a tutorial on simply reading and writing Text Files. Let's begin. Steps of Creation: Step 1: This will require one Import which is to enable us to read and write files.