Reading a XLSX sheet to feed a MySQL table using PHPExcel

Question

I found the PHPExcel library brilliant to manipulate Excel files with PHP (read, write, and so on).

But nowhere in the documentation is explained how to read

Answer 1

Here is the code

$inputFileName = $upload_path . $filename;
$objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader('Excel2007');
$objReader->setReadDataOnly(true);
$objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($inputFileName);
$objWorksheet = $objPHPExcel->getActiveSheet();

$highestRow = $objWorksheet->getHighestRow();
$highestColumn = $objWorksheet->getHighestColumn();
$highestColumnIndex = PHPExcel_Cell::columnIndexFromString($highestColumn);
$rows = array();
for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; ++$row) {
  for ($col = 0; $col <= $highestColumnIndex; ++$col) {
    $rows[$col] = $objWorksheet->getCellByColumnAndRow($col, $row)->getValue();
  }
  mysql_query("INSERT INTO upload (`item_number`,`qty_sold`,`cost_home`) VALUES ($rows[1],$rows[2],$rows[3])");
}

?>

I have tried mysql_query("INSERT INTO upload (col1,col2) VALUES ($rows[1],$rows[2])"); as well but didn't work. The table stays empty

Answer 2

The first for loops through rows, and the second one loops through columns. So, there are plenty of solutions to your "problem".

You could, for example, populate an array and make an insert statement for each row. As the following :

$rows = array();
for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; ++$row) {
  for ($col = 0; $col <= $highestColumnIndex; ++$col) {
    $rows[$col] = mysql_real_espace_string($objWorksheet->getCellByColumnAndRow($col, $row)->getValue());
  }

  mysql_query("INSERT INTO your_table (col1,col2) VALUES ($rows[1],$rows[2])");
}

Obviously, this code can be improved.