PHPExcel: Invalid cell coordinate A when inserting Excel into SQL database - php

Question

In PHP, I am looping through an excel file and inserting it into an MSSQL database. I am getting this error:
Uncaught exception 'PHPExcel_Exception' with message 'Invalid cell coordinate A'
I don't get this error if I only run one of the queries in the loop. Separately, both queries work. So I am pretty sure it has to do with the fact that the 2 queries are running. With the following code, there is one row inserted in both tables and then the error. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Heres the code...
$dbc = odbc_connect(DB_DRIVER, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);
$inputFileName = 'lib/test.xlsx';
try {
$inputFileType = PHPExcel_IOFactory::identify($inputFileName);
$objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader($inputFileType);
$objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($inputFileName);
} catch(Exception $e) {
die('Error loading file "'.pathinfo($inputFileName,PATHINFO_BASENAME).'": '.$e->getMessage());
}
// Get worksheet dimensions
$sheet = $objPHPExcel->getSheet(0);
$highestRow = $sheet->getHighestRow();
$highestColumn = $sheet->getHighestColumn();
// Loop through each row of the worksheet in turn
for ($row = 2; $row <= $highestRow; $row++){
// Read a row of data into an array
$rowData = $sheet->rangeToArray('A' . $row . ':' . $highestColumn . $row,
NULL,
TRUE,
FALSE);
$name = ms_escape_string($rowData[0][0]);
$city = ms_escape_string($rowData[0][2]);
$state = ms_escape_string($rowData[0][3]);
$phone = ms_escape_string($rowData[0][4]);
$website = ms_escape_string($rowData[0][5]);
$profit_status = ms_escape_string($rowData[0][6]);
$query = "insert into account2 ([name], [city], [state], [phone], [website], [type], [created_by], [last_modified_by])
values ('$name', '$city', '$state', '$phone', '$website', '6', '3', '3')
SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS ins_id";
$data = odbc_exec($dbc, $query);
if (odbc_next_result($data)){
while ($row = odbc_fetch_object($data)) {
$account_id = $row->ins_id;
}
$query = "insert into account_hic2 (account_id, profit_status)
values ('$account_id', '$profit_status')";
}
$data2 = odbc_exec($dbc, $query);
odbc_free_result($data);
odbc_free_result($data2);
}

Answer 1

The error message suggests that you're mis-setting the value of $row at some point, perhaps setting it to null, or to an empty string...
... or perhaps to a resource, as you're using the same variable name in your database fetch in the same loop where you're using it to keep track of the Excel row number