[php] How to upload and parse a CSV file in php

I want to upload a csv file with php. After the file is uploaded, I want to display the data of the CSV file. I would like an example how to accomplish this task.

function doParseCSVFile($filesArray)
    {
        if ((file_exists($filesArray['frmUpload']['name'])) && (is_readable($filesArray['frmUpload']['name']))) { 

            $strFilePath = $filesArray['frmUpload']['tmp_name']; 

            $strFileHandle = fopen($strFilePath,"r");
            $line_of_text = fgetcsv($strFileHandle,1024,",","'"); 
            $line_of_text = fgetcsv($strFileHandle,1024,",","'"); 

            do { 
                if ($line_of_text[0]) { 
                    $strInsertSql = "INSERT INTO tbl_employee(employee_name, employee_code, employee_email, employee_designation, employee_number)VALUES('".addslashes($line_of_text[0])."', '".$line_of_text[1]."', '".addslashes($line_of_text[2])."', '".$line_of_text[3]."', '".$line_of_text[4]."')";
                    ExecuteQry($strInsertSql);
                }               
            } while (($line_of_text = fgetcsv($strFileHandle,1024,",","'"))!== FALSE);

        } else {
            return FALSE;
        }
    }

You can try with this:

function doParseCSVFile($filesArray)
{
    if ((file_exists($filesArray['frmUpload']['name'])) && (is_readable($filesArray['frmUpload']['name']))) { 

        $strFilePath = $filesArray['frmUpload']['tmp_name']; 

        $strFileHandle = fopen($strFilePath,"r");
        $line_of_text = fgetcsv($strFileHandle,1024,",","'"); 
        $line_of_text = fgetcsv($strFileHandle,1024,",","'"); 

        do { 
            if ($line_of_text[0]) { 
                $strInsertSql = "INSERT INTO tbl_employee(employee_name, employee_code, employee_email, employee_designation, employee_number)VALUES('".addslashes($line_of_text[0])."', '".$line_of_text[1]."', '".addslashes($line_of_text[2])."', '".$line_of_text[3]."', '".$line_of_text[4]."')";
                ExecuteQry($strInsertSql);
            }               
        } while (($line_of_text = fgetcsv($strFileHandle,1024,",","'"))!== FALSE);

    } else {
        return FALSE;
    }
}

You want the handling file uploads section of the PHP manual, and you would also do well to look at fgetcsv() and explode().

untested but should give you the idea. the view:

<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="csv" value="" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save" /></form>

upload.php controller:

$csv = array();

// check there are no errors
if($_FILES['csv']['error'] == 0){
    $name = $_FILES['csv']['name'];
    $ext = strtolower(end(explode('.', $_FILES['csv']['name'])));
    $type = $_FILES['csv']['type'];
    $tmpName = $_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'];

    // check the file is a csv
    if($ext === 'csv'){
        if(($handle = fopen($tmpName, 'r')) !== FALSE) {
            // necessary if a large csv file
            set_time_limit(0);

            $row = 0;

            while(($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ',')) !== FALSE) {
                // number of fields in the csv
                $col_count = count($data);

                // get the values from the csv
                $csv[$row]['col1'] = $data[0];
                $csv[$row]['col2'] = $data[1];

                // inc the row
                $row++;
            }
            fclose($handle);
        }
    }
}

This can be done in a much simpler manner now.

$tmpName = $_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'];
$csvAsArray = array_map('str_getcsv', file($tmpName));

This will return you a parsed array of your CSV data. Then you can just loop through it using a foreach statement.

Hi I feel str_getcsv — Parse a CSV string into an array is the best option for you.

1. You need to upload the file to sever

2. parse the file using str_getcsv.

3. run through the array and align as per u need in your website.