how to import a file in a php database code example
Example: how to import .sql file in mysql database using php
<?php
$conn =new mysqli('localhost', 'root', '' , 'blog_samples');
$query = '';
$sqlScript = file('database-script.sql');
foreach ($sqlScript as $line) {
$startWith = substr(trim($line), 0 ,2);
$endWith = substr(trim($line), -1 ,1);
if (empty($line) || $startWith == '--' || $startWith == '/*' || $startWith == '//') {
continue;
}
$query = $query . $line;
if ($endWith == ';') {
mysqli_query($conn,$query) or die('<div class="error-response sql-import-response">Problem in executing the SQL query <b>' . $query. '</b></div>');
$query= '';
}
}
echo '<div class="success-response sql-import-response">SQL file imported successfully</div>';
?>