RE: [PHP-DB] Executing Queries from a File Using PHP

all you have to do is put one query per line in the file, it may be hard to read, but who cares. and then it is as simple as. $contents = file("sql.txt"); //file function reads file into array while (list ($qry)) = each($contents)) { mysql_query($qry); } Just a thought.... Jeff "Bruce Vander Werf" To: <php-db@lists.php.net> <brucev@cyberl cc: ink.com> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Executing Queries from a File Using PHP 06/13/2002 08:39 AM Please respond to brucev Thanks. Since it would take me forever to write, and I don't know thing well enough to make sure I have all the possibilities covered, I was hoping there was some source code somewhere I can use. --Bruce -----Original Message----- From: Jason Wong [mailto:phplist@gremlins.com.hk] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:34 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Executing Queries from a File Using PHP On Thursday 13 June 2002 10:48, Bruce Vander Werf wrote: > Is there a PHP routine anywhere to execute a series of MySQL queries in a > text file? > > I know how to do this via the command line or by using PHPMyAdmin, but I > need to do it in my own PHP script, and some of the queries span more than > one line. There are no built-in functions to do so. You need to read in the file yourself, parse it appropriately then send the queries to mysql. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Thank you for observing all safety precautions. */ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php