In this php post, I am discussing how to import csv file into MySQL database table using PHP.CSV stands for “Comma Separated Values” and contains all data in comma separated.
Its very common task for every application which has too much database and need to import in MySql.
I am using two files one is index.php file which will contain UI part to show upload CSV file and import_csv.php file to connect MySQL and parse CSV data and store into MySQL table.
Normally, We need to import data into database then we used following file types.
- Xml file
- CSV file
- Excel file
To import data through CSV file into MySQL Database table.I am doing following steps to import data from CSV file into MYSQL using PHP Script code.
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Steps to import CSV file into MySql database using PHP
Step 1: Create import_csv.php and put below code into this file.
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<?php if(isset($_POST["submit"])) { $host="localhost"; // Host name. $db_user="root"; //mysql user $db_password=""; //mysql pass $db='phpDB'; // Database name. //$conn=mysql_connect($host,$db_user,$db_password) or die (mysql_error()); //mysql_select_db($db) or die (mysql_error()); $con=mysqli_connect($host,$db_user,$db_password,$db); // Check connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error(); } echo $filename=$_FILES["file"]["name"]; $ext=substr($filename,strrpos($filename,"."),(strlen($filename)-strrpos($filename,"."))); //we check,file must be have csv extention if($ext=="csv") { $file = fopen($filename, "r"); while (($emapData = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) { $sql = "INSERT into tableName(name,email,address) values('$emapData[0]','$emapData[1]','$emapData[2]')"; mysqli_query($con, $sql); } fclose($file); echo "CSV File has been successfully Imported."; } else { echo "Error: Please Upload only CSV File"; } } ?> |
Below code is used for creating interface to upload CSV file.
Step 2: Create a new index.php file to display csv upload form.You need to put below code into index.php file.
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<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="import_csv.php"> <table border="1"> <tr > <td colspan="2" align="center"><strong>Import CSV file</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">CSV File:</td><td><input type="file" name="file" id="file"></td></tr> <tr > <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" value="submit"></td> </tr> </table> </form> |
Thanks for the snippet. It is very helpful. I recommend including/adding the rest of the html page so that folks can just copy, paste and use it “as-is”.
thanks, i separated for easy understand.
its working
Where does the csv file live , so that the code can find it in the directory when it runs the import? thx
Right now user can select csv file from any folder but as per your scenario, you can store csv file into root directory of project
it is useful