Is there a way to take a database that has been populated with information from a php script and export or save that data in a format that can be read by MS Excel or MS access?
If the database exists you can just connect to it in Excel and run queries directly to pull out the data. Just setup the Data Source or whatever it's called (it'll ask you for the mysql host, username, password). Then you just put in mysql commands right into the query window in excel and it will display the results in a spreadsheet.