I'm assuming that the .sql file consists of a list of MySQL queries,
that when performed sequentially will set up your system.
That being the case, the perfered way ot install the thing is to do a
'mysql [host/username/password parameters] < file.sql'.
I believe you can also run file.sql scripts using phpMyAdmin.
If you were to define a mysql_run_script() function, it would look a
bit like the following:
<?pseudo_code
function mysql_run_script($file){
$sql = file_get_contents($file);
$queries = split_sql_into_individual_sql_queries($sql);
foreach($queries as $query){
mysql_query($query);
}
}
?>
Come to think of it, you could turn the above pseudo code into valid
php code, by defining the split_sql_into_individual_sql_queries()
function. This would involve splitting by ';', taking into account the
possibility that ';' may occur in the middle of a string.
Check out the code for phpmyadmin, or phpbb(db backup/recover
feature), for a better idea.
On 5/27/05, tony yau <tony.yau@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I got this .sql script that setup the whole db schema, I can run
> mysql.exe to run on my pc but when it goes to a hosting company's server I
> don't have that command!
>
> So I tried to include("setup.sql") into a string and send that as one
> long sql query. BUT I need to get rid of all the comment lines first in the
> script!!
>
> can someone give me a better idea of doing this.
> (there must be an equivalent php function like
> mysql_run_script("setup.sql"))
>
>
> thanks
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