insert data from multiple files into mysql database through php

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Hello i am trying to insert data from multiple files within a folder to a mysql database throigh a php script

they are around 750 files and located within a folder called notes on my server i used the following code

each file has the following structure

<starttitle>Title</div>
<start>
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<end>

and i used the following php code to loop through files and insert in database

<?php

$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","qbank");

// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}



function get_string_between($string, $start, $end){
    $string = ' ' . $string;
    $ini = strpos($string, $start);
    if ($ini == 0) return '';
    $ini += strlen($start);
    $len = strpos($string, $end, $ini) - $ini;
    return substr($string, $ini, $len);
}

            foreach (glob("notes/*.php") as $file) {
                $file_handle = fopen($file, "r");
                while (!feof($file_handle)) {
                    $line = fgets($file_handle);
                    $title = get_string_between($line, '<starttitle>', '</div>');
                    $content = get_string_between($line, '<start>', '<end>');
                    $date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                    $by = "Marco";


                    if(!empty($title) || !empty($content)){

                        $stmt = $con->prepare("INSERT INTO textbook (textbook_address, text, created_at, created_by) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)");
                        $stmt->bind_param("ssss", $title, $content, $date, $by);
                        $stmt->execute();
                        $stmt->close();

                    }

                }
                fclose($file_handle);

}

?>

the problem is that this code insert only title in one row and put the text on the next row but i need to put each title with it's own text in the same row

any help will be appreciated

@zebnat thanks it works please right it and i will chose as an answer — Marcos T. Gobriel
– Marcos T. Gobriel, Commented Sep 25, 2018 at 18:44

zebnat · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-25 18:50:45Z

2

Instead of reading line by line just use file_get_contents (if its a dirty script). then strip your data from the result, and then execute your query. All this foreach file.

Something like this:

foreach (glob("notes/*.php") as $file) {
  $data = file_get_contents($file);
  $title = get_string_between($data, '<starttitle>', '</div>');
  $content = get_string_between($data, '<start>', '<end>');
  $date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
  $by = "Marco";
  if(!empty($title) || !empty($content)){
    $stmt = $con->prepare("INSERT INTO textbook (textbook_address, text, created_at, created_by) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)");
    $stmt->bind_param("ssss", $title, $content, $date, $by);
    $stmt->execute();
    $stmt->close();
   }
}

answered Sep 25, 2018 at 18:50

zebnat

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