Exporting search options and results - Suggestions?

[DragonI]

I have a report that has multiple search options. I need to add the options into the csv file.

I tried adding an HTML table just for the options but it didn't work, in that, it wasn't included in the csv file. I deleted all of the cache files before testing.

I thought about creating a blade file specifically for Excel. Where the search criteria would be inserted as the first row but I'm lazy.

Any suggestions?

Context

1. The file format has to be csv
2. My report uses the same blade for viewing the results via the browser and when exporting to a csv file.
3. The 2nd HTML table that cycles through the results does produce the correct output.

<!-- table.blade.php -->

<!-- List Search Criteria - $inputArray format is csv -->
@if ( isset( $inputArray['format'] ) && $inputArray['format'] == 'csv' )
<table>
    <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>
            Searched By:
            @foreach ( $inputArray as $key => $val )
                {{ $key }} {{ $val }}
            @endforeach
        </td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
@endif

<!-- results table - results work -->
<table id="user-list" class="table table-striped table-bordered table-hover sortable-theme-bootstrap" data-sortable>
    <thead>
      ...
    </thead>
    <tfoot>
        ...
    </tfoot>
    <tbody>
        ...
    </tbody>
</table>

[MaatwebsiteSupport]

I don't understand what you want exactly. You want the first row of the CSV file to be a list of search-terms?
Could you provide an example of the end result you want?