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Export MySQL data to CSV with phpMyAdmin

Josh Otwell
5 min readMay 20, 2020

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Comma-separated values files — also known as CSV’s — are one of the most recognized and used data storage/exchange formats. Whether a CSV is the best choice or not remains to be seen. For some data, a CSV is fine. For others, not so much. At some point, chances are someone will need data from a MySQL database in CSV format. That’s not at all difficult and there are several ways to do that. What if you are working in the phpMyAdmin interface? Can you export CSV’s from the phpMyAdmin environment? You sure can. Continue reading to see simple examples of exporting MySQL table data to a CSV file using phpMyAdmin…

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Josh Otwell
Josh Otwell

Written by Josh Otwell

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