How to import the excel file to mySQL database using php - excel

Question

I want to import the data in the excel to mySQL DB using php. I have tried using the way explained in other questions but nothing worked out for me. Kindly let me know how to import the data in to DB using php.
Also, do let me know where to place the excel file to be uploaded,I mean the location in the system.

Answer 1

method 1.you can use load data command
http://blog.tjitjing.com/index.php/2008/02/import-excel-data-into-mysql-in-5-easy.html
method 2. Excel reader
https://code.google.com/p/php-excel-reader/
method 3. parseCSV
https://github.com/parsecsv/parsecsv-for-php
method4. (PHP 4, PHP 5) fgetcsv
http://in1.php.net/fgetcsv

Answer 2

please refer this PHP code
<?php
//table Name
$tableName = "MyTable";
//database name
$dbName = "MyDatabase";
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($dbName) or die(mysql_error());
//get the first row fields
$fields = "";
$fieldsInsert = "";
if (($handle = fopen("test.csv", "r")) !== FALSE) {
if(($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
$num = count($data);
$fieldsInsert .= '(';
for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) {
$fieldsInsert .=($c==0) ? '' : ', ';
$fieldsInsert .="`".$data[$c]."`";
$fields .="`".$data[$c]."` varchar(500) DEFAULT NULL,";
}
$fieldsInsert .= ')';
}
//drop table if exist
if(mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SHOW TABLES LIKE '".$tableName."'"))>=1) {
mysql_query('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `'.$tableName.'`') or die(mysql_error());
}
//create table
$sql = "CREATE TABLE `".$tableName."` (
`".$tableName."Id` int(100) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
".$fields."
PRIMARY KEY (`".$tableName."Id`)
) ";
$retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn );
if(! $retval )
{
die('Could not create table: ' . mysql_error());
}
else {
while(($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
$num = count($data);
$fieldsInsertvalues="";
//get field values of each row
for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) {
$fieldsInsertvalues .=($c==0) ? '(' : ', ';
$fieldsInsertvalues .="'".$data[$c]."'";
}
$fieldsInsertvalues .= ')';
//insert the values to table
$sql = "INSERT INTO ".$tableName." ".$fieldsInsert." VALUES ".$fieldsInsertvalues;
mysql_query($sql,$conn);
}
echo 'Table Created';
}
fclose($handle);
}
?>