How is the text file organized? Is it one "testimonial" per line? or is there some other kind of seperator?
This should be easy. Use file() to read in the file, then do an insert for each line. one little loop will load the whole file for you. how large of a file is it? ---John Holmes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:05 PM Subject: [PHP] read from flatfile and convert > Hey Guys, > Heres the deal, > I have a client who wants me to make a "testimonials" program for him, > Which is no problem till now, but now he has come with some additional > requirments that I dont know how to deal with... > he has a flatfile with a crap load of entries and he wants me to export it > into mySql! > > Do any of you know what function to write to read a record from a flatfile > and write it to the database record for record? > doing it manually will be a pain in the --- but i dont want to lose the > chance for work...:-( > The flatfile was written using perl. > If need be I can give you the MyTestimonialsDB.txt file to screw around > with..... > > As usual, Any help appreciated. > > Kindly reply, > Cheers, > -Ryan. > > /*Don't steal. The government hates competition.*/ > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
