# Updating a CSV file from Flash?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-a-csv-file-from-flash/236148>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 17, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-a-csv-file-from-flash/236148 "2007-08-17T16:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![davetheworst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@davetheworst](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/davetheworst)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/updating-a-csv-file-from-flash/236148/1 "2007-08-17T16:10:01Z")

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Hi guys,

I’ve made simple apps with forms that send results by email through php, but I’m working on an online questionnaire and I’ve been asked if I can write the results directly to an Excel file server side to make the data easier to manage.

I think the way to go about this is to write to a CSV file, but I’ve not found many resources around on this, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Building on that, I was wondering if there was any way to update rather than create a CSV file, ie. each time a form is completed, it populates the existing CSV file in the next available area?

Basically, I need the questionnaire results from my Flash movie to output the data in a way that can be easily manipulated, so any alternative suggestions would be very welcome.

Thanks

DtW