Export simple excel data into MySQL using PHP

Question

My client got a excel file with the following structure

name     |     email
----------------------------
Name     |   email here
Name     |   email here
Name     |   email here
Name     |   email here
Name     |   email here
Name     |   email here

I would likes to make a MySQL database table according to this pattern and save the data into MySQL.

I am wonder how to do this. Also there is an option needed

We have to check that if that corresponding user had a correct email address, ie of the form @ .

Can we check the data as a loop while importing ?

Also how to convert this data to MySQL ?

Solution 1

Save this excel file as csv and run the following code with add your changings

$source = fopen('email.csv', 'r') or die("Problem open file");
    while (($data = fgetcsv($source, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE)
    {
        $name = $data[0];
        $email = $data[1];


        mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (`name`,`email`) VALUES ('".$name."','".$email."') ");


    }
    fclose($source);

Solution 2

There is a Iibrary named PHPExcel. With this library you can easily parse any excel file. Or you can export your file as csv and will be easier for you. php has native functions to handle csv files. You can use fgetcsv() or str_getcsv().

Solution 3

Goto this link and download the php class that will read the excel file and return the array. This array will hold the all data written in excel file.

php excel reader

Its free...

You can also see the demo there.

I am already using it. Its definitely good.

Any other help on this you can freely ask to me.

Comments

[Asad Saeeduddin]

Is it feasible to convert to CSV first?

[GregD]

As @Asad said before, first convert to CSV and then use mysql to import the file into the database.

[ramesh]

is there any file size limitation ?

[Mark Baker]

Except the limitation of PHP memory

[Jestin]

With this code, I am able to get only the first row of the file.