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php import xml to mysql

emcee answered on January 21, 2023 Popularity 5/10 Helpfulness 7/10

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php import xml to mysql

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/*
In PHP, you can import data from an XML file into a MySQL database
using several different methods, but the most common one is using the
SimpleXML extension. 

You need to parse the XML file using the simplexml_load_file() function.
This function takes the path to the XML file as an argument and returns 
a SimpleXMLElement object that you can use to access the data in the file.
*/

$xml = simplexml_load_file("data.xml");

/*
Establish a connection to the MySQL database using the mysqli extension.
You'll need to provide the hostname, username, password, and database name for the connection.
*/

$mysqli = new mysqli("hostname", "username", "password", "database_name");

/* 
Now you can iterate through the SimpleXMLElement object and insert the data into the database.
*/
foreach($xml->children() as $child) {
    $name = $child->name;
    $age = $child->age;
    $query = "INSERT INTO table_name (name, age) VALUES ('$name', '$age')";
    $mysqli->query($query);
}

/*
You should also check for errors during the process:
*/
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
    exit();
}

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