03-11-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by
worchyld
Oh... I guess I'll just have to use PHP or another solution as I don't have any control over the incoming filename.
Sure you do. If you're writing a shell script, have the script rename it. Of course you can always use a programming language to do the inserts, but it's probably going to be less efficient.
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
mysqli_set_local_infile_handler
MYSQLI_SET_LOCAL_INFILE_HANDLER(3) 1 MYSQLI_SET_LOCAL_INFILE_HANDLER(3)
mysqli::set_local_infile_handler - Set callback function for LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
bool mysqli::set_local_infile_handler (mysqli $link, callable $read_func)
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
bool mysqli_set_local_infile_handler (mysqli $link, callable $read_func)
Set callback function for LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE command
The callbacks task is to read input from the file specified in the LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE and to reformat it into the format understood by
LOAD DATA INFILE.
The returned data needs to match the format specified in the LOAD DATA
PARAMETERS
o $
link -Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect(3) or mysqli_init(3)
o $read_func
- A callback function or object method taking the following parameters:
o $stream
-A PHP stream associated with the SQL commands INFILE
o $&buffer
-A string buffer to store the rewritten input into
o $buflen
-The maximum number of characters to be stored in the buffer
o $&errormsg
-If an error occurs you can store an error message in here
The callback function should return the number of characters stored in the $buffer or a negative value if an error occurred.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
mysqli::set_local_infile_handler example
Object oriented style
<?php
$db = mysqli_init();
$db->real_connect("localhost","root","","test");
function callme($stream, &$buffer, $buflen, &$errmsg)
{
$buffer = fgets($stream);
echo $buffer;
// convert to upper case and replace "," delimiter with [TAB]
$buffer = strtoupper(str_replace(",", " ", $buffer));
return strlen($buffer);
}
echo "Input:
";
$db->set_local_infile_handler("callme");
$db->query("LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'input.txt' INTO TABLE t1");
$db->set_local_infile_default();
$res = $db->query("SELECT * FROM t1");
echo "
Result:
";
while ($row = $res->fetch_assoc()) {
echo join(",", $row)."
";
}
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$db = mysqli_init();
mysqli_real_connect($db, "localhost","root","","test");
function callme($stream, &$buffer, $buflen, &$errmsg)
{
$buffer = fgets($stream);
echo $buffer;
// convert to upper case and replace "," delimiter with [TAB]
$buffer = strtoupper(str_replace(",", " ", $buffer));
return strlen($buffer);
}
echo "Input:
";
mysqli_set_local_infile_handler($db, "callme");
mysqli_query($db, "LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'input.txt' INTO TABLE t1");
mysqli_set_local_infile_default($db);
$res = mysqli_query($db, "SELECT * FROM t1");
echo "
Result:
";
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res)) {
echo join(",", $row)."
";
}
?>
The above examples will output:
Input:
23,foo
42,bar
Output:
23,FOO
42,BAR
SEE ALSO
mysqli_set_local_infile_default(3).
PHP Documentation Group MYSQLI_SET_LOCAL_INFILE_HANDLER(3)