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Import a CSV file using PHP and MySQL.
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Import CSV file.php
<?php
//connect to the database
$connect = mysql_connect("localhost","username","password");
mysql_select_db("mydatabase",$connect); //select the table
//
if ($_FILES[csv][size] > 0)
{
//get the csv file
$file = $_FILES[csv][tmp_name];
$handle = fopen($file,"r");
//loop through the csv file and insert into database
do
{
if ($data[0])
{
mysql_query
(
"INSERT INTO contacts
(contact_first, contact_last, contact_email)
VALUES
(
'".addslashes($data[0])."',
'".addslashes($data[1])."',
'".addslashes($data[2])."'
)
"
);
}
}
while ($data = fgetcsv($handle,1000,",","'") );
//
//redirect
header('Location: import.php?success=1'); die;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Import a CSV File with PHP & MySQL</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if ( !empty($_GET[success]) )
{
echo "<b>Your file has been imported.</b><br><br>";
} //generic success notice
?>
<form
action=""
method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data"
name="form1"
id="form1"
>
Choose your file: <br />
<input name="csv" type="file" id="csv" />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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