PHP CSV Upload to Database

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Here is the simplest way I know of to take a CSV (comma separated value) file and upload it to your web site somewhere, and use PHP to slam all the records into a database table. This should only be used “as is” in a controlled environment, as there is no input validation whatsoever, but it is enough to get the point across if you have never done this before. I added the mysql_real_escape_string() function, as someone asked how values containing single and double quotes could be handled with my original CSV upload to database example.

$output = array('Pass' => 0, 'Fail' => 0);
 
ini_set('auto_detect_line_endings',1);
 
$handle = fopen('upload.csv', 'r');
 
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ',')) !== FALSE) {
 
	$val1 = mysql_real_escape_string($data[0]);
 
	$val2 = mysql_real_escape_string($data[1]);
 
	$val3 = mysql_real_escape_string($data[2]);
 
	mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`col1`,`col2`,`col3`) VALUES ('{$val1}','{$val2}','{$val3}')");
 
	$result = (mysql_insert_id() > 0) ? 'Pass' : 'Fail' ;
 
	$output[$result]++;
 
}
 
print_r($result);

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Published:
5.29.07 / 5pm
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