1. Local Server
2. Either one, I'm trying to learn PHP
3. Yes, this is just a project for which I am not making any money, but I can pay
someone in respect and admiration ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Pillars
To: Clayton Dukes
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 2:25 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Help with mass import to MySQL using PHP
Hi,
couple of questions:
1.are you doing this on a local server or a server on the internet?
2.are you looking for a direction to do this yourself or for someone to write the
code?
3.are you looking for free advice?...I am all for free source, but this is going
to take some time and energy.
Todd
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayton Dukes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 1:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Help with mass import to MySQL using PHP
Hi everyone,
I'm working on converting my site to PHP/MySql.
I need to figure out a way to import several thousand text files into the database
while applying certain PHP functions to them.
From now on, when a user submits a new document, it gets a random docid assigned
to it using the following method:
$time = time();
$rand = Random_Password(5);
$docid = $time . $rand;
Random_Password is defined as:
function Random_Password($length) {
mt_srand((double)microtime()*10000000);
$possible_characters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
$string = "";
while(strlen($string)<$length) {
$string .=
substr($possible_characters,(mt_rand()%(strlen($possible_characters))),1);
}
return($string);
After they fill in a form and paste thier document, the following fields are
submitted to the database:
$query = "INSERT INTO documents VALUES ('$docid', '$category', '$subcategory',
'$date', '$subject', '$title', '$author', '$email', '$language', '$grade', '$level',
'$city', '$state', '$county', '$school', '$zip', '$authors_comments',
'$teachers_comments', 'N', '$docdata')";
Now, the million dollar question is:
how do I import the several thousand text documents I already have while applying
this formulae, aside from manually submitting each one ;-)?
Here's an example of one of the text documents:
Currently, all text documents have exactly the same format:
--------------------------------------------------------------
$docid
$subject
$title
$author
$email
$language
$grade
$school
$country
$author_comments
$teacher_comments
$date
--------------------------------------------------------------
The only thing that changes are the fields after the colon and the body itself.
I realize that the current text files do not have all of the information for the
new database such as $subcategory, I'm going to have to grandfather the old text files
in somehow.
Also, there are certain fields that are enums in the database, so I need to make
sure that each field conforms to that, eg; one of the subject fields in the database
only allows for "Computers and Internet" not Computer, so I need to rewrite that
string before placing it in the database. I also need to change $grade from any alpha
strings to a percentile grade, eg: [b-B]=92 (see database format below).
--------------------------------------------------------------
Document ID : 100
Subject : Computer
Title : internet beyond human control
Author :
Email Address :
Language : english
Grade : b
School System : ohio state university
Country : USA
Author's Comments : tom dodd
Teacher's Comments : well done
Date : 5/96
--------------------------------------------------------------
The Internet Beyond Human Control
The Internet has started to change the way of the world during this decade. More
homes,
companies, and schools are getting hooked online with the Internet during the past
few years.
This change has started to become the new way of life present and future. The
Internet system is
And here's the database format:
CREATE TABLE dox (
id bigint(20) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment,
docid varchar(20),
category enum('Language Arts','Sciences','Humanities','Arts','Special
Subjects','Other'),
subcategory enum('Physics','Biology','Chemistry','Math','Computers and
Internet','History','Economics','Geography','Law','Religion','Philosophy','Black
Awareness','Countries','Drugs','Education','Environmental
Awareness','Politics','Health','Sex and Sexuality','Female Awareness','Art','Movies or
TV','Music','Sports','Charles Dickens','Shakespeare','Biography','Fictional
Stories','Astronomy','Mythology'),
date varchar(10),
subject varchar(200),
title varchar(200),
author varchar(200),
email varchar(50),
language enum('English','Danish','Dutch','Finnish','German','Spanish'),
grade int(3),
level enum('High School','College','Other'),
city varchar(15),
state varchar(15),
county varchar(15),
school varchar(45),
zip smallint(5),
authorcomments varchar(200),
teachercomments varchar(200),
approve enum('Y','N'),
docdata text,
PRIMARY KEY (id),
UNIQUE id (id)
);
I realize that this is a lot, but from what I have read since being subscribed to
this e-mail list, you guys have talents that are far above and beyond the scope of
this. Thank you so much for your help (and wisdom!).
Regards,
Clayton Dukes
CCNA, CCDA, CCDP, CCNP
Internetwork Solutions Engineer
Internetwork Management Engineer
