On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:27 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Oct 11, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Aziz Saleh <azizsaleh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Getting this error: > > Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 103809024 bytes exhausted (tried to > allocate 523800 bytes) in [...]/html/wp-includes/cache.php on line 113 > > > > It is being generated by a script that reads a excel file and then > updates a database with the new info. > > I have went in and unset all arrays that were set along the way to > alleviate to no avail. Got down to 9 bytes once though. > > However, my question isn't about allocating memory. I know how to do > that server side, but I want to avoid that. > > > > This is a simple order database with fields filled with order info. > Nothing complicated. > > What I am wondering is what is the best way to avoid this memory issue > knowing there will be a lot of entries to go through. > > To read each field from the spread sheet and insert individually? Read > all fields from spread sheet and then insert individually? > > Any known ways of reading all and inserting all at the same time? > Suggestions? > > > > TIA, > > Best, > > > > Karl DeSaulniers > > Design Drumm > > http://designdrumm.com > > > > > > > > > > To avoid memory issues, I would do each row individually, reading the > file line by line, using something like fgetcsv/fgets. > > > > If you attempt the read entire file and insert, you would be a hostage > to the file size of the file. Doing it line by line way avoids this issue > even if you have a 10GB file. > > > Thanks Aziz, > That is what I was thinking since at the moment it is how you describe. > Reading everything from the sheet first and then inserting. > My task is now how to iterate each individually, however I have a > dependent. PHPExcel. > Not sure how to utilize this and read only one line at a time. > I appreciate the corroboration. > > Best, > > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com > Is exporting the Excel into a comma delimited csv and processing that instead an option?
