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PHP import Excel into database (xls & xlsx)

I tried to search for some plugins to import Excel file into MySQL database, one of them is http://code.google.com/p/php-excel-reader/

The tool is so powerful that it displays the entire excel content into html.

However, I think I just need to read the Excel file and extract the contents, for example, into an array, and then write a SQL statement for
entering into the database.

Would there be any good codes and packages? Thanks!

php excel import

edited Jun 30 '14 at 17:12 asked Jul 12 '12 at 8:33

JasonMArcher Ham
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Google is your friend: de77.com/php/import-excel-xls-document-into-mysql-database – Doa Jul 12 '12 at

8:36

1 Is php-excel-reader not sufficient for you? – Lion Jul 12 '12 at 8:36

@Lion - title mentions both xls and xlsx, so php-excel-reader probably isn't adequate (unless it's been
updated since I last looked) as it only handles xlsx – Mark Baker Jul 12 '12 at 9:00

5 Answers

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This is best plugin with proper documentation and examples

http://phpexcel.codeplex.com/
Plus point: you can ask for help in its discussion forum and you will get response within a day
from the author itself, really impressive.

edited Apr 3 '13 at 4:23 answered Jul 12 '12 at 8:37

diEcho
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5 Thanks... I try to oblige, though I can't guarantee a response within a day – Mark Baker Jul 12 '12 at 9:01

1 @MarkBaker , but most of the problems already solved in your discussion forum :) – diEcho Jul 12 '12 at
9:03

Sometimes I need to import large xlsx files into database, so I use spreadsheet-reader as it
can read file per-row. It is very memory-efficient way to import.

<?php
// If you need to parse XLS files, include php-excel-reader
require('php-excel-reader/excel_reader2.php');

require('SpreadsheetReader.php');

$Reader = new SpreadsheetReader('example.xlsx');

// insert every row just after reading it
foreach ($Reader as $row)
{
$db->insert($row);
}
?>

https://github.com/nuovo/spreadsheet-reader

answered Jan 6 '15 at 12:25

shukshin.ivan
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If you can convert .xls to .csv before processing, you can use the query below to import the
csv to the database:

load data local infile 'FILE.CSV' into table TABLENAME fields terminated by ',' enclosed
by '"' lines terminated by '\n' (FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD3)

edited Jul 12 '12 at 9:14 answered Jul 12 '12 at 9:03

Jon Taylor user1259132
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If you save the excel file as a CSV file then you can import it into a mysql database using tools
such as PHPMyAdmin

Im not sure if this would help in your situation, but a csv file either manually or programatically
would be a lot easier to parse into a database than an excel file I would have thought.

EDIT: I would however suggest looking at the other answers rather than mine since @diEcho
answer seems more appropriate.

answered Jul 12 '12 at 8:36

Jon Taylor
6,234 1 18 38

I wrote an inherited class:

<?php
class ExcelReader extends Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader {

function GetInArray($sheet=0) {

$result = array();

for($row=1; $row<=$this->rowcount($sheet); $row++) {

for($col=1;$col<=$this->colcount($sheet);$col++) {
if(!$this->sheets[$sheet]['cellsInfo'][$row][$col]['dontprint']) {
$val = $this->val($row,$col,$sheet);
$result[$row][$col] = $val;
}
}
}
return $result;

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}
?>

► Run code snippet

So I can do this:

<?php

$data = new ExcelReader("any_excel_file.xls");

print_r($data->GetInArray());

?>

► Run code snippet

answered Feb 23 '15 at 13:42

Ozsvar Istvan
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