How can PHP be used to automate the process of importing CSV data into a MySQL database?

To automate the process of importing CSV data into a MySQL database using PHP, you can write a script that reads the CSV file, parses its data, and inserts it into the MySQL database using SQL queries. This can be achieved by using PHP's built-in functions for file handling and MySQL database connectivity. 

<?php
// Establish a connection to the MySQL database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database_name";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Read the CSV file
$csvFile = 'data.csv';
$file = fopen($csvFile, 'r');

// Parse and insert data into the MySQL database
while (($data = fgetcsv($file)) !== FALSE) {
    $sql = "INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3) VALUES ('" . $data[0] . "', '" . $data[1] . "', '" . $data[2] . "')";
    if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
        echo "Record inserted successfully";
    } else {
        echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
    }
}

// Close the file and database connection
fclose($file);
$conn->close();
?>

Keywords

PHP CSV MySQL automation data import

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