PHP Script to convert .DBF files to .MYSQL - php

Question

Just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some tips / a script that will help me create an mysql from an original dbf File, using PHP.
thanks before.

Answer 1

Try the code below...
<?php
$tbl = "cc";
$db_uname = 'root';
$db_passwd = '';
$db = 'aa';
$conn = mysql_pconnect('localhost',$db_uname, $db_passwd);
// Path to dbase file
$db_path = "dbffile/bbsres12.dbf";
// Open dbase file
$dbh = dbase_open($db_path, 0) or die("Error! Could not open dbase database file '$db_path'.");
// Get column information
$column_info = dbase_get_header_info($dbh);
// Display information
// print_r($column_info);
$line = array();
foreach($column_info as $col) {
switch($col['type']) {
case 'character':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` VARCHAR( $col[length] )";
break;
case 'number':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` FLOAT";
break;
case 'boolean':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` BOOL";
break;
case 'date':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` DATE";
break;
case 'memo':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` TEXT";
break;
}
}
$str = implode(",",$line);
$sql = "CREATE TABLE `$tbl` ( $str );";
mysql_select_db($db, $conn);
mysql_query($sql, $conn);
set_time_limit(0); // I added unlimited time limit here, because the records I imported were in the hundreds of thousands.
// This is part 2 of the code
import_dbf($db, $tbl, $db_path);
function import_dbf($db, $table, $dbf_file) {
global $conn;
if (!$dbf = dbase_open ($dbf_file, 0)) {
die("Could not open $dbf_file for import.");
}
$num_rec = dbase_numrecords($dbf);
$num_fields = dbase_numfields($dbf);
$fields = array();
for ($i=1; $i<=$num_rec; $i++) {
$row = #dbase_get_record_with_names($dbf,$i);
$q = "insert into $db.$table values (";
foreach ($row as $key => $val) {
if ($key == 'deleted') {
continue;
}
$q .= "'" . addslashes(trim($val)) . "',"; // Code modified to trim out whitespaces
}
if (isset($extra_col_val)) {
$q .= "'$extra_col_val',";
}
$q = substr($q, 0, -1);
$q .= ')';
//if the query failed - go ahead and print a bunch of debug info
if (!$result = mysql_query($q, $conn)) {
print (mysql_error() . " SQL: $q\n");
print (substr_count($q, ',') + 1) . " Fields total.";
$problem_q = explode(',', $q);
$q1 = "desc $db.$table";
$result1 = mysql_query($q1, $conn);
$columns = array();
$i = 1;
while ($row1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result1)) {
$columns[$i] = $row1['Field'];
$i++;
}
$i = 1;
foreach ($problem_q as $pq) {
print "$i column: {$columns[$i]} data: $pq\n";
$i++;
}
die();
}
}
}
?>

Answer 2

You can try composer package hisamu/php-xbase (https://github.com/hisamu/php-xbase) to read dbf file and insert into your database. Had the same problem and this was most suitable solution.

Answer 3

UPDATED:
in the event that your did not compile PHP with dbase library you could get the following error:
Call to undefined function dbase_open()
in which case (centos)
yum install php-dbase
Here is the updated code for $mysqli
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "DBusername", "DBpassword", "tableName");
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $mysqli->connect_errno . ") " . $mysqli->connect_error;
}
$tbl = "yourTableName";
$db = 'YourDBName';
// Path to dbase file
$db_path = "/path/dbaseFileName.dbf";
// Open dbase file
$dbh = dbase_open($db_path, 0)
or die("Error! Could not open dbase database file '$db_path'.");
// Get column information
$column_info = dbase_get_header_info($dbh);
$line = array();
foreach($column_info as $col) {
switch($col['type']){
case 'character':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` VARCHAR( $col[length] )";
break;
case 'number':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` FLOAT";
break;
case 'boolean':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` BOOL";
break;
case 'date':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` DATE";
break;
case 'memo':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` TEXT";
break;
}
}
$str = implode(",",$line);
$sql = "CREATE TABLE `$tbl` ( $str );";
//mysql_select_db($db,$conn);
//mysql_query($sql,$conn);
$mysqli->query($sql);
set_time_limit(0); // I added unlimited time limit here, because the records I imported were in the hundreds of thousands.
// This is part 2 of the code
import_dbf($db, $tbl, $db_path, $mysqli);
function import_dbf($db, $table, $dbf_file,$mysqli){
//global $conn;
global $mysqli;
if (!$dbf = dbase_open ($dbf_file, 0)){ die("Could not open $dbf_file for import."); }
$num_rec = dbase_numrecords($dbf);
$num_fields = dbase_numfields($dbf);
$fields = array();
for ($i=1; $i<=$num_rec; $i++){
$row = #dbase_get_record_with_names($dbf,$i);
$q = "insert into $db.$table values (";
foreach ($row as $key => $val){
if ($key == 'deleted'){ continue; }
$q .= "'" . addslashes(trim($val)) . "',"; // Code modified to trim out whitespaces
}
if (isset($extra_col_val)){ $q .= "'$extra_col_val',"; }
$q = substr($q, 0, -1);
$q .= ')';
//if the query failed - go ahead and print a bunch of debug info
// if (!$result = mysql_query($q, $conn)){
if (!$result = $mysqli->query($q)){
print (mysql_error() . " SQL: $q\n");
print (substr_count($q, ',') + 1) . " Fields total.";
$problem_q = explode(',', $q);
$q1 = "desc $db.$table";
//$result1 = mysql_query($q1, $conn);
$result1 = $mysqli->query($q1);
$columns = array();
$i = 1;
while ($row1 = $result1->fetch_assoc()){
$columns[$i] = $row1['Field'];
$i++;
}
$i = 1;
foreach ($problem_q as $pq){
print "$i column: {$columns[$i]} data: $pq\n";
$i++;
}
die();
}
}
}
$mysqli->close();
?>

Answer 4

<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "DBusername", "DBpassword", "tableName");
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $mysqli->connect_errno . ") " . $mysqli->connect_error;
}
$tbl = "yourTableName";
$db = 'YourDBName';
// Path to dbase file
$db_path = "/path/dbaseFileName.dbf";
// Open dbase file
$dbh = dbase_open($db_path, 0)
or die("Error! Could not open dbase database file '$db_path'.");
// Get column information
$column_info = dbase_get_header_info($dbh);
$line = array();
foreach($column_info as $col) {
switch($col['type']){
case 'character':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` VARCHAR( $col[length] )";
break;
case 'number':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` FLOAT";
break;
case 'boolean':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` BOOL";
break;
case 'date':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` DATE";
break;
case 'memo':
$line[]= "`$col[name]` TEXT";
break;
}
}
$str = implode(",",$line);
$sql = "CREATE TABLE `$tbl` ( $str );";
//mysql_select_db($db,$conn);
//mysql_query($sql,$conn);
$mysqli->query($sql);
set_time_limit(0); // I added unlimited time limit here, because the records I imported were in the hundreds of thousands.
// This is part 2 of the code
import_dbf($db, $tbl, $db_path, $mysqli);
function import_dbf($db, $table, $dbf_file,$mysqli){
//global $conn;
global $mysqli;
if (!$dbf = dbase_open ($dbf_file, 0)){ die("Could not open $dbf_file for import."); }
$num_rec = dbase_numrecords($dbf);
$num_fields = dbase_numfields($dbf);
$fields = array();
for ($i=1; $i<=$num_rec; $i++){
$row = #dbase_get_record_with_names($dbf,$i);
$q = "insert into $db.$table values (";
foreach ($row as $key => $val){
if ($key == 'deleted'){ continue; }
$q .= "'" . addslashes(trim($val)) . "',"; // Code modified to trim out whitespaces
}
if (isset($extra_col_val)){ $q .= "'$extra_col_val',"; }
$q = substr($q, 0, -1);
$q .= ')';
//if the query failed - go ahead and print a bunch of debug info
// if (!$result = mysql_query($q, $conn)){
if (!$result = $mysqli->query($q)){
print (mysql_error() . " SQL: $q\n");
print (substr_count($q, ',') + 1) . " Fields total.";
$problem_q = explode(',', $q);
$q1 = "desc $db.$table";
//$result1 = mysql_query($q1, $conn);
$result1 = $mysqli->query($q1);
$columns = array();
$i = 1;
while ($row1 = $result1->fetch_assoc()){
$columns[$i] = $row1['Field'];
$i++;
}
$i = 1;
foreach ($problem_q as $pq){
print "$i column: {$columns[$i]} data: $pq\n";
$i++;
}
die();
}
}
}
$mysqli->close();
?>