Re: reading MS Excel?
| From: | Jiffy Slides Leonard Burton | Date: | Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:22:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: reading MS Excel? | ||
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HI John,
My reply was made in ignorance of the php classes that will read excel
documents.
I would follow that road and not my advice!
Leonard.
On 12/28/06, John Meyer <john.l.meyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On a side note, but going on the basis that the users are uploading .xls files and don't understand how to convert. Would it be better to use php's routines or to automate excel, convert it inside there, and then use the result? Leonard Burton wrote: On 12/28/06, Jiffy Slides Leonard Burton <service@jiffyslides.com> wrote:-- Leonard Burton, N9URK leonardburton@gmail.com "The prolonged evacuation would have dramatically affected the survivability of the occupants."-- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.phpHI Will,Is it possible to read Excel files and store the info to DB? If so how?It is best (well depending on the application) to save the files as .csv and then use fgetcsv. it will allow you to parse each line and cell in the file and then go from there. Take Care, -- Leonard Burton, N9URK leonardburton@gmail.com "The prolonged evacuation would have dramatically affected the survivability of the occupants."