Process very big csv file without timeout and memory error

Question

At the moment I\'m writing an import script for a very big CSV file. The Problem is most times it stops after a while because of an timeout or it throws an memory error.

Answer 1

I find uploading the file and inserting using mysql's LOAD DATA LOCAL query a fast solution eg:

    $sql = "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/path/to/file.csv' 
        REPLACE INTO TABLE table_name FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' 
        ENCLOSED BY '\"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' IGNORE 1 LINES";
    $result = $mysqli->query($sql);