[thelist] importing .xls files in MySQL

[Jon Molesa]

On a linux system I've used xls2csv in an exec call.  xls2csv is
provided by catdoc on a debian based system.  Then I just used fgetcsv
to read that file.  If data is what you're after it'll work.  However,
the moment you need to read functions, cell references, etc. if breaks.
HTH

*On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 02:41:20PM -0500 Jeremy Weiss <eccentric.one at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:41:20 -0500
> From: Jeremy Weiss <eccentric.one at gmail.com>
> Subject: [thelist] importing .xls files in MySQL
> To: Evolt <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> 
> I've got a client that's wanting to be able to upload .xls files and have a
> PHP script parse the file and insert it's content into a MySQL database.
> Having her convert the files to another format isn't an option. I've done a
> bit of googling but wasn't able to uncover anything really helpful.
> 
> Could someone point me in the right direction (maybe a class that you've
> used in the past or something)?
> 
> Thanks,
> -jeremy
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