PHP MySQL LOAD DATA INFILE Help

Question

I just can\'t seem to get this query right. Basically I\'m taking a csv from a form and trying to load it into the database. I took the majority of the query from phpmyadmin. i

Answer 1

Not sure why are you using that long-ass url for action instead of index.php or just ''? Also I think you need to specify ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" since it's an upload form for a file. Not sure how to just just insert the file, I think you need to get contents of the file, then explode it and do insert

$pfile = $_FILES['white']['name']; 
$ptmpName  = $_FILES['white']['tmp_name']; 
$fileSize = $_FILES['white']['size']; 
$fileType = $_FILES['white']['type']; 
$fp = fopen($ptmpName, 'r'); 
$content = fread($fp, $fileSize); 
$content = str_replace("\r\n", "\r", $content);
$Data_Lines = explode("\r",$content);

for ($n = 0; $n < (count($Data_Lines)-1);$n++){
$line =  addslashes($Data_Lines[$n]); 
$Value = explode(",",$line);
...//The you run insert  statements for $Value[1], $Value[2]...///

}

Or you can use fgetcsv - check this article: http://www.programmingfacts.com/import-csvexcel-data-mysql-database/

Answer 2

You need to escape the slash for the lines terminated clause, otherwise you just added a newline to your query.

LINES TERMINATED BY '\\n'

Mysql will just get \n, but PHP tries to interpret those so you have to escape them.

You may have other issues, but you haven't told us what happens.