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NerdConcepts Regular Member

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I've read almost all the Excel XLS to MySQL info in the PHP help section. No one seems to know how to do this. Just says to covert the file to .csv first. Problem is that a lot of my clients will not have excel and the file (the .xls) is coming directly from their product manufacturer. So having all the have to get excel is not going to happen.

 

Only thing I found was a reference to : http://nstoia.com/excel2csv/excel2mysql.zip ... which no longer exists. It was supposed to contain a full PHP script on converting XLS to MySQL. Yet the file doesn't exist and the only other things I can find with that file name is a perl script. Sorry but I really don't want to have to get into perl to do this. I know there has to be a way, since you can easily export SQL to XLS.

 

Also, no code snippits or tutorials out there either.

 

Maybe, someone here has found something I haven't and can enlighten me.

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cooldude832 Advanced Member

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what is the nature of the .xls files coming in our they containing static fields or what?  but basically you need to use the .xls file in a fopen() and then based on its delimiteration explode it apart get what you need into an array and work from there.  I do not know .xls file structures good enough to say what to do exact, but i'm sure you can read it in a text editor for some idea. issue will come if international user encode differently

jitesh Member

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<?php
$row = 1;
$handle = fopen("test.csv", "r");
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
    $num = count($data);
    echo "<p> $num fields in line $row: <br /></p>\n";
    $row++;
    for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) {
        echo $data[$c] . "<br />\n";
    }
}
fclose($handle);
?>

Here from csv file you will get data in php array

from array you can insert in to DB.

rusbb Newbie

rusbb

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I dont know how much help this will be but here it is:

 

use strict;
use DBI;
open STDERR,">&STDOUT";

my($cg_db_host,$cg_db_name,$cg_db_user,$cg_db_pass,$cg_db_sheet,$cg_db_table);
my($use_password,$cg_db_port);

foreach my $argument (0..$#ARGV)  {
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^h\s]*h/)  {
                # -h is HOST
                $cg_db_host=$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^d\s]*d/)  {
                # -d is DATABASE
                $cg_db_name=$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^u\s]*u/)  {
                # -u is USER
                $cg_db_user=$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^p\s]*p/)  {
                # -p is PASSWORD
                $cg_db_pass=$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^s\s]*s/)  {
                # -s is SHEET
                $cg_db_sheet=2+$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^P\s]*P/)  {
                # -P is PORT
                $cg_db_port=$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
        if ($ARGV[$argument]=~/^-[^t\s]*t/)  {
                # -t is TABLE
                $cg_db_table=$ARGV[$argument+1];
        }
}
my $file=$ARGV[$#ARGV];
$cg_db_host='' if (!defined($cg_db_host));
$cg_db_name='' if (!defined($cg_db_name));
$cg_db_pass='' if (!defined($cg_db_pass));
$cg_db_port='' if (!defined($cg_db_port));
$cg_db_table='' if (!defined($cg_db_table));
$cg_db_sheet='' if (!defined($cg_db_sheet));
$cg_db_user='' if (!defined($cg_db_user));
$file='' if (!defined($file));
$cg_db_sheet=2 if ($cg_db_sheet eq '');
&print_usage if ($file eq '' || $cg_db_name eq '' || $cg_db_table eq '');
my $dsn;
if ($cg_db_host eq '')  {
        $dsn="DBI:mysql:$cg_db_name";
}else{
        $dsn="DBI:mysql:database=$cg_db_name;host=$cg_db_host";
        $dsn.=";port=$cg_db_port" if ($cg_db_port ne '');
}

my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$cg_db_user,$cg_db_pass);
$dbh->{AutoCommit}=1;
if ($dbh->err)  {
        print "Error connecting to database: ".$dbh->errstr;
        exit;
}
&import_xls_to_database($file,$cg_db_sheet,$cg_db_table,$dbh);
$dbh->disconnect;

sub import_xls_to_database {
        my $file=$_[0];
        my $import_sheet=$_[1];
        my $import_table=$_[2];
        my $dbh = $_[3];
        my $query_string="CREATE TABLE `$import_table` (";
        my $insert_string="INSERT INTO `$import_table` VALUES (";
my $columns=0;
        my (@sheets);
                @sheets=&parse_excel($file);
                my %name_hash;
                foreach my $column_name (@{${$sheets[$import_sheet]}[0]})  {
                        $column_name=~s/[^A-Za-z0-9_ ]/_/g;
                        if (defined($name_hash{$column_name}))  {
                                $name_hash{$column_name}+=1;
                                $query_string.="`$column_name$name_hash{$column_name}` text, ";
                                $insert_string.="?,";
                        }
                        else  {
                                $name_hash{$column_name}=0;
                                $query_string.="`$column_name` text, ";
                                $insert_string.="?,";
                        }
                        $columns+=1;
                }
                $query_string=substr($query_string,0,-2);
                $insert_string=substr($insert_string,0,-1);
                $query_string.=")";
                $insert_string.=")";
                $dbh->do("DROP TABLE `$import_table`");
                if ($dbh->err)  {
                        print "\nBut that's probobly OK.  Don't worry.  I'm just too lazy to fix this.\n";
                }
                my $create_table = $dbh->prepare($query_string);
                $create_table->execute();
                $create_table->finish;
                $dbh->do("LOCK TABLES `$import_table` WRITE");
                my $insert_query = $dbh->prepare($insert_string);
                foreach my $row (@{$sheets[$import_sheet]}[1..$#{$sheets[$import_sheet]}])  {
                        @{$row}[$columns-1].="";
                        foreach my $cell (@{$row})  {
                                $cell.="";
                        }
                        $insert_query->execute(@{$row});
                }
                $insert_query->finish;
        $dbh->do("UNLOCK TABLES");
}


sub parse_excel  {
my $dir=$_[0];
        my $buf;
        my $excel_file;

        open FILE,$dir;
        binmode FILE;
        my $file_size=( -s $dir ); # $$
        my $find_string="W\x00o\x00r\x00k\x00b\x00o\x00o\x00k\x00";
        for (1..(64-length($find_string)))  {
                $find_string.="\x00";
        }
        $find_string .= "\x12\x00\x02\x01\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff";
        for (1..36)  {
                $find_string .= "\x00";
        }

        my $length;
        my $offset;
        while (!defined($offset) || $offset==-1)  {
                my $excel_block;
                if (read(FILE,$excel_block,512))  {
                        if ($excel_block=~m/\Q$find_string\E(.{4})(.{4})/s)  {
                                $offset=512*(unpack("V",$1)+1);
                                $length=unpack("V",$2);
                        }
                }
                else {
                        $offset=-1;
                        die("Can't find spreadsheet!");
                }
        }

        my @sheets=parse(*FILE{IO},$offset,$length);
        close FILE;
        return @sheets;
}


sub _RK_to_num {
   my ($RK) = @_;
   my $type = $RK & 0x3;
   my $val = ($type & 2) ?
      int($RK/4)
      : unpack("d", "\0\0\0\0".pack ("V", $RK ^ $type))
   ;
   $val /= 100.0 if $type &1;	# /
   $val;
}

sub _float_to_date { # F
   my ($date) = @_;
#   $date;

   my @monsum = (
      0, 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334,
      -1, 31, 60, 91, 121, 152, 182, 213, 244, 274, 305, 335
   );

   my ($day, $month, $year, $switch, $i);

   $year = int( $date/365.2425 ) + 1900;
   $switch = !($year%4) && 12 || 0;

   $date -= int($year-1900)*365 + int(($year-1900)/4);	#/

   for($i=11; $i && ($date <= $monsum[$switch+$i]); $i--) {}
   $month = $i+1;
   $day   = $date - $monsum[$switch+$i];

   $date = sprintf("%02d.%02d.%02d", $day, $month, $year);
}


sub parse {
   my $sheet=0;
   my $file=$_[0];
   my $offset=$_[1];
   my $fsize=$_[2];

   my ($l, $o, $type, $buf, @sheets, @strings);
   my ($row, $col, $style, $len, $num);

   $o = 0;
   while ($o<$fsize) {
      seek($file,$offset+$o,0);
      read($file,$type,2);
      read($file,$l,2);
      $l=unpack ("v",$l);
      read($file,$buf,$l);
      $o+=4;

      if ("\x00\x00" eq $type) {
      } elsif ("\x07\x02" eq $type) {
         my ($row, $col, $style, $data, $type) = get_struct("WWWBB", \$buf, 0);
         if ($type==0)  {
                ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]=$data;
         }else{
                if ($data == 0)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#NULL!";
                }elsif ($data == 7)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#DIV/0";
                }elsif ($data == 0x0f)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#VALUE!";
                }elsif ($data == 0x17)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#REF!";
                }elsif ($data == 0x1d)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#NAME?";
                }elsif ($data == 0x24)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#NUM!";
                }elsif ($data == 0x2a)  {
                        ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="#N/A";
                }
         }
      } elsif ("\x07\x00" eq $type) {
         my ($row, $col, $style, $RK) = get_struct("WWWL", \$buf, 0);
       	 ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]=_RK_to_num($RK);
      } elsif ("\xbd\x00" eq $type) {
         ($row, $col) = get_nword(2, \$buf, 0);
         my $n = ($l - 6) / 6;   #/
         for (1..$n) {
            my ($style, $RK) = get_struct("WL", \$buf, 4+($_-1)*6);
            ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col+$_-1]=_RK_to_num($RK);
         }
      } elsif ("\xbe\x00" eq $type) {
         ($row, $col) = get_nword(2, \$buf, 0);
         my $n = ($l - 6) / 2;	#/
         my @style = get_nword($n, \$buf, 4);
         for (1..$n) {
            ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col+$_-1]="";
         }
      } elsif ("\xfc\x00" eq $type) {
 @strings=();
 my $os=0;
         my $n = get_long(\$buf, $os);
         $os+=4;
 my $n2 = get_long(\$buf,$os);
 $os+=4;
 my $sect_len=$l;
         my $c; my $l1; my $s;
 $c=8;
         for (0..$n2-1) {
    my $start = "";
            $l1 = get_word(\$buf, $os);
    $c+=3;
    if ($c+$l1 > $sect_len)  {
	$start=substr($buf,$os+3,($sect_len-$c));
	$os+=($sect_len-$c)+5;
                $l1 -= ($sect_len-$c);

	$o+=$l;
        seek($file,$offset+$o,0);
        read($file,$type,2);
        read($file,$l,2);
	$l=unpack ("v",$l);
        read($file,$buf,$l);
        $o+=4;
	$sect_len=$l;
	$c=$l1+1;
	$os=1;

	push(@strings, $start.substr($buf,$os,$l1));
	$os+=$l1;
    	    }
    elsif ($c+$l1 == $sect_len)  {
      	    	push(@strings, substr($buf, $os+3, $l1));
       	    	$os+=(3+$l1);
    	$c+=$l1;
	$os+=2;

	$o+=$l;
        seek($file,$offset+$o,0);
        read($file,$type,2);
        read($file,$l,2);
	$l=unpack ("v",$l);
        read($file,$buf,$l);
        $o+=4;
	$sect_len=$l;
	$os=0;

	$c=0;
    }
    else  {
      	    	push(@strings, substr($buf, $os+3, $l1));
       	    	$os+=(3+$l1);
    	$c+=$l1;
    }
         }
      } elsif ("\xfd\x00" eq $type) {
         my ($row, $col, $style) = get_nword(3, \$buf, 0);
         my $i = get_long(\$buf, 6);
         ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]=$strings[$i];
      } elsif ("\x01\x02" eq $type) {
         my ($row, $col, $style) = get_nword(3, \$buf, 0);
     	 ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]="";
      } elsif ("\x03\x02" eq $type) {
         my ($row, $col, $style, $float) = get_struct("WWWD", \$buf, 0);
     	 ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]=$float;
      } elsif ("\x04\x02" eq $type) { # Cell: Text
         ($row, $col, $style, $len) = get_nword(4, \$buf, 0);
     	 ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]=substr($buf, 8, $len);
      } elsif ("\x7e\x02" eq $type) { # Cell: RK number
         my ($row, $col, $style, $RK) = get_struct("WWWL", \$buf, 0);
       	 ${${$sheets[$sheet]}[$row]}[$col]=_RK_to_num($RK);
      } elsif ("\x09\x08" eq $type) {
$sheet+=1;
      }

      $o += $l;
   }
   return @sheets;
}


sub get_struct {
   my @PV = packpar(shift);
   if (ref($_[1])) {
      ${$_[1]} += $PV[1];
      unpack ($PV[0], substr(${$_[0]}, ${$_[1]}-$PV[1], $PV[1]));
   } else {
      unpack ($PV[0], substr(${$_[0]}, $_[1], $PV[1]));
   }
}

sub get_nword {
   if (ref($_[2])) {
      ${$_[2]}+=$_[0]*2;
      unpack ("v"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, ${$_[2]}-$_[0]*2, $_[0]*2))
   } else {
      unpack ("v"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, $_[2],             $_[0]*2))
   }
}

sub packpar {
   my $str = shift;
   my $F; my $len = 0;
   $F = "C"; $len += ($str =~ s/B/$F/g) * 1;
   $F = "v"; $len += ($str =~ s/W/$F/g) * 2;
   $F = "V"; $len += ($str =~ s/L/$F/g) * 4;
   $F = "f"; $len += ($str =~ s/R/$F/g) * 4;
   $F = "d"; $len += ($str =~ s/D/$F/g) * 8;
   ($str, $len);
}

sub get_nlong {
   if (ref($_[2])) {
      ${$_[2]}+=$_[0]*4;
      unpack ("V"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, ${$_[2]}-$_[0]*4, $_[0]*4))
   } else {
      unpack ("V"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, $_[2],             $_[0]*4))
   }
}

sub get_byte   { get_nbyte(1, @_) }
sub get_word   { get_nword(1, @_) }
sub get_long   { get_nlong(1, @_) }
sub get_real   { get_nreal(1, @_) }
sub get_double { get_ndouble(1, @_) }

sub get_nbyte {
   if (ref($_[2])) {
      ${$_[2]}+=$_[0]*1;
      unpack ("C"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, ${$_[2]}-$_[0]*1, $_[0]*1))
   } else {
      unpack ("C"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, $_[2],             $_[0]*1))
   }
}

sub get_ndouble {
   if (ref($_[2])) {
      ${$_[2]}+=$_[0]*8;
      unpack ("d"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, ${$_[2]}-$_[0]*8, $_[0]*)
   } else {
      unpack ("d"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, $_[2],             $_[0]*)
   }
}

sub get_nreal {
   if (ref($_[2])) {
      ${$_[2]}+=$_[0]*4;
      unpack ("f"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, ${$_[2]}-$_[0]*4, $_[0]*4))
   } else {
      unpack ("f"."$_[0]", substr(${$_[1]}, $_[2],             $_[0]*4))
   }
}

sub print_usage  {
        print <<END_OF_USAGE;
Imports one sheet from a Microsoft Excel file into a MySQL database.

Requires:
  perl (currently installed or you're looking at the code)
  DBI
  DBD::MySQL
  Access to a MySQL server running version 3.23.* or higher

Usage: $0 -t <table> -d <database> [-h <host>] [-P <port>] [-u <user>] [-p <password>] [-s <sheet>] <file>
  <host>     = Host of MySQL server
  <port>     = Port of MySQL server if not default
  <database> = Database name to connect to
  <user>     = User name to use
  <password> = Password to use.
  <sheet>    = Number of the sheet in the spreadsheet to import (zero-based)
  <table>    = Name of new table to import to.  THIS TABLE IS DROPPED
  <file>     = Name of Excel file to import.

Comments:
  -Some of the Excel parsing code was taken from herbert.
  -Some of the routines may have come from OLE::Storage (I don't remember)
  -All fields are created as TEXT fields you can always ALTER TABLE later on.
  -This program should be very easily modified to support any database
    with a DBD driver.

Author:
  This routine was written by Stephen Hurd while converting a large MS-Access
  database to perl/Tk/MySQL in a desperate effort to avoid having to re-boot
  into MS-Windows.  The MS-Access database was contantly importing/exporting
  Excel files.
  You can e-mail me at shurd\@sk.sympatico.ca

Copyright:
  This program is Copyright 2001 by Stephen Hurd under the BSD license.  If
  the BSD license is not applicable due to an oversight on my part, I hereby
  release this code into the public domain.

Bugs:
  There's probobly gobs of them.  If you find one, e-mail me at
  shurd\@sk.sympatico.ca tell me the MySQL version, and attach a copy of the
  spreadsheet.  I'll have a look as soon as I can.
  As always, a patch is MUCH more welcome than a bug report.  :-)

END_OF_USAGE
        exit;
}

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