Read a text file and transfer contents to mysql database

Question

I need a php script to read a .txt file.

The content of the text file are like this:

data.txt

145|Joe Blogs|17/03/1954
986|Jim          


        

Answer 1

$sql = "INSERT INTO data_table (iddata, name, age) VALUES('".$a."','".$b."', **'** ".$c." **'** )";

issue is with the single quotes around $c. There is no single quotes. Add it.