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when exporting mysql data using php into excel is it possible to format a column or cell to say “text”?

I have a 15 digit number and it always appears in scientific format also the beginning “0”‘s are dropped. I need to save these

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@themartySep 15.2010 — PEAR has an excel class with which you can do all kinds of formatting:

http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer/redirected
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@hgitauthorSep 16.2010 — good idea. Thank you
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