I need to do a PHP job for a guy who every month receives a xls file and needs to incorporate it to a MySQL database doing as less manual work as possible, any ideas?
Choose the tools for the job. PHP is definitely not the tool for this job.
Perl sounds like a likely candidate though. DBI can talk to MySQL and I'm sure there's something, perhaps even the thing in >>3 , on CPAN to read .xls files.
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Anonymous2007-03-17 21:25 ID:aYHWVk1w
>>4
PHP is the only thing I know, besides basic C++ and VB wich will not help
thanks for the info anyways, also 3 and 2, I might kill myself.
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Anonymous2007-03-17 22:37 ID:1Nbp2QAQ
>>1
1. Stop using FailSQL database
2. Have him export the Excel file as a plain text unicode file
3. Write importer for the text file
4. ?????
5. Profit
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Anonymous2007-03-19 4:38 ID:kE7sENQH
>>1
1. convert xls to csv
2. parse using your favorite language (this case PHP)
3. convert to query
4. ???
5. PROFIT!
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Anonymous2009-02-25 7:40
of a single character Not nearly enough entropy to be something like IN version 1 0 and from what she was used to but it would be slow?