What resources or books would you recommend for someone new to PHP who needs to quickly learn and implement database imports under time pressure?

To quickly learn and implement database imports in PHP, I recommend using resources like the official PHP documentation, online tutorials, and books like "PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites" by Larry Ullman. Additionally, utilizing frameworks like Laravel or Symfony can streamline the process of importing data into a database. 

// Example PHP code snippet for importing data into a MySQL database

// Connect to the 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 data from a CSV file
$csvFile = fopen("data.csv", "r");
while (($data = fgetcsv($csvFile, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
    // Insert data into the database
    $sql = "INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3) VALUES ('" . $data[0] . "', '" . $data[1] . "', '" . $data[2] . "')";
    $conn->query($sql);
}

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

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