Loading .sql files from within PHP

Question

I'm creating an installation script for an application that I'm developing and need to create databases dynamically from within PHP. I've got it to create the database but now I need to load in several .sql files. I had planned to open the file and mysql_query it a line at a time - until I looked at the schema files and realised they aren't just one query per line.

So, how do I load an sql file from within PHP (as phpMyAdmin does with its import command)?

Answer 1

mysqli can run multiple queries separated by a ;

you could read in the whole file and run it all at once using mysqli_multi_query()

But, I'll be the first to say that this isn't the most elegant solution.

Answer 2

Some PHP libraries can parse a SQL file made of multiple SQL statements, explode it properly (not using a simple ";" explode, naturally), and the execute them.

For instance, check Phing's PDOSQLExecTask

Answer 3

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$file_content = file('myfile.sql');
$query = "";
foreach($file_content as $sql_line){
if(trim($sql_line) != "" && strpos($sql_line, "--") === false){
 $query .= $sql_line;
 if (substr(rtrim($query), -1) == ';'){
   echo $query;
   $result = mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());
   $query = "";
  }
 }
}

Answer 4

Some guys (Plahcinski) suggested this code:

$file_content = file('myfile.sql');
$query = "";
foreach($file_content as $sql_line){
  if(trim($sql_line) != "" && strpos($sql_line, "--") === false){
    $query .= $sql_line;
    if (substr(rtrim($query), -1) == ';'){
      echo $query;
      $result = mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());
      $query = "";
    }
  }
 }

but I would update it with the one which worked for me:

 //selecting my database
    $database = 'databaseTitleInFile';
    $selectDatabase = mysql_select_db($database, $con);
    if(! $selectDatabase )
    {
      die('Could not select the database: ' . mysql_error());
    }
    echo "The database " . $database . " selected successfully\n";
//reading the file
    $file_path='..\yourPath\to\File';
    if(!file_exists($file_path)){
        echo "File Not Exists";
    }
    $file_content = file_get_contents($file_path);
    $array = explode("\n", $file_content)
//making queries
    $query = "";
        foreach($array as $sql_line){
$sql_line=trim($sql_line);
          if($sql_line != "" && substr($sql_line, 0, 2) === "--" && strpos($sql_line, "/*") === false){
            $query .= $sql_line;
            if (substr(rtrim($query), -1) == ';'){
              $result = mysql_query($query)or die(mysql_error());
              $query = "";
            }
          }
         }

because it is more comprehensive. ;-)

Answer 5

I hope the following code will solve your problem pretty well.

//Empty all tables' contents

$result_t = mysql_query("SHOW TABLES");
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result_t))
{
mysql_query("TRUNCATE " . $row['Tables_in_' . $mysql_database]);
}
// Temporary variable, used to store current query
$templine = '';
// Read in entire file
$lines = file($filename);
// Loop through each line
foreach ($lines as $line)
{
// Skip it if it's a comment
if (substr($line, 0, 2) == '--' || $line == '')
    continue;

// Add this line to the current segment
$templine .= $line;
// If it has a semicolon at the end, it's the end of the query
if (substr(trim($line), -1, 1) == ';')
{
    // Perform the query
    mysql_query($templine) or print('Error performing query \'<strong>' . $templine . '\': ' . mysql_error() . '<br /><br />');
    // Reset temp variable to empty
    $templine = '';
}
}

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