Import csv from file with dynamic table head - php

Question

I'm having a problem with my importing csv script into mysql:
from now i can put the data from csv into mysql but only with strictly header arrange, but my export from csv always change the head of table, and i cannot control it.
my csv file is different from the table for example:
Name Status Last_name email_address employee_address phone_number
And all i need is to take the column name and put it into right column from table.
Thanks.
if (isset($_POST["import"])) {
$fileName = $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
if ($_FILES["file"]["size"] > 0) {
$file = fopen($fileName, "r");
$captabel = true;
$flag = true;
while (($column = fgetcsv($file, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
if($captabel) { $captabel = false; continue; }
$celuleNecesare = array(0);
foreach ($celuleNecesare as $value) {
if(trim($column[$value]) == "" || $column[$value] == NULL)
$flag = false;
}
if($flag) {
$query = "INSERT into test (name ,employee_status, surname, email, address, phone)
values ('" . $column[2] . "','" . $column[7] . "','" . $column[8] . "','" . $column[5] . "','" . $column[0] . "','0" . $column[3] . "')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
if (! empty($result)) {
$type = "success";
header( 'refresh: 0; success.php' );
} else {
$type = "error";
$message = "Problem in Importing CSV Data";
}
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Just taking a quick look at your code, I have noticed something that is amiss:
if (isset($_POST["import"]))
{
$fileName = $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
if ($_FILES["file"]["size"] > 0)
{
$file = fopen($fileName, "r");
$captabel = true;
$flag = true;
while (($column = fgetcsv($file, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE)
{
if($captabel)
{
$captabel = false;
continue;
}
$celuleNecesare = array(0); <-- Is this being set externally to the code listed here.
foreach ($celuleNecesare as $value)
{
if(trim($column[$value]) == "" || $column[$value] == NULL)
$flag = false;
}
if($flag)
{
$query = "INSERT INTO test
(name ,employee_status, surname, email, address, phone)
VALUES
('" . $column[2] . "','" . $column[7] . "','" . $column[8] . "','" . $column[5] . "','" . $column[0] . "','0" . $column[3] . "')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
if (! empty($result))
{
$type = "success";
header( 'refresh: 0; success.php' );
}
else
{
$type = "error";
$message = "Problem in Importing CSV Data";
}
}
}
}
}
You have the line $celuleNecesare = array(0); and then loop through it, but that does nothing in itself.
Your code should be something similar to this:
if (isset($_POST["import"]))
{
$fileName = $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
if ($_FILES["file"]["size"] > 0)
{
$file = fopen($fileName, "r");
$captabel = true;
$flag = true;
// Get the first row as the header row.
$headers = fgetcsv($file, 1000, ",");
// Variables to be used.
$counter = 0;
$nameCol = 0;
$statuscol = 0;
$lastnameCol = 0;
$emailAddressCol = 0;
$employeeAddressCol = 0;
$phoneNumberCol = 0;
foreach($headers as $header)
{
// Name Status Last_name email_address employee_address phone_number
// Lets work through the header row.
switch($header)
{
case 'Name' : $nameCol = $counter;
break;
case 'Status' : $statusCol = $counter;
break;
case 'Last_name': $lastNameCol = $counter;
break;
case 'email_address' : $emailAddressCol = $counter;
break;
case 'employee_address' : $employeeAddressCol = $counter;
break;
case 'phone_number' : $phoneNumberCol = $counter;
break;
default : die("Unknown column, ".$header);
break;
}
$counter++;
}
while (($column = fgetcsv($file, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE)
{
$query = "INSERT INTO test
(name ,employee_status, surname, email, address, phone)
VALUES
('" . $column[$nameCol]."','".$column[$employeeStatusCol]."','".$column[$lastnameCol]."','".$column[$emailAddressCol]."','".$column[$employeeAddressCol]."','0".$column[$phoneNumberCol]."')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
// This section below would stop after the first record!!!!!
if (! empty($result))
{
$type = "success";
header( 'refresh: 0; success.php' );
}
else
{
$type = "error";
$message = "Problem in Importing CSV Data";
}
}
}
}
Your IF condition at the end would mean that you are only inserting a single record. Not sure if that is meant, but since you have a while loop for reading in the data, thought there would be many more records.