On 6/22/05, Doug Hernandez <doug.hernandez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can't help but wonder why you're using the line_order field at all.
> Can't you nix it and count the number of records with each order# as a
> stored procedure or some such? It would make your entire order system
> easier.
>
> Also, you may think about capturing that first row in its own list:
>
> $fp = fopen("/tmp/"."$txt_file", "r") ;
> $headers = fgets($fp,1024) ;
>
> while( $line = fgets( $fp,1024) ) {
> $row[] = csv_explode($line);
> $table[][] = $row[]
> } // Now you've got your whole table in $table[][]
>
> In your csv_explode function, you can use split() to make things
> easier on yourself:
>
> $out[] = split(',' $line, 7) ; // Your file has 7 fields, so don't overrun that
>
> Even if you insist on calculating an order_line, you can still use
> split. Just push a count onto the end of the list.
>
> $out[] = $order_line ; // according to php.net, array_push() shouldn't be used
>
> I strongly urge you whack the order_line. Or maybe I can bother you
> to give me more info about it? It's hard to judge without being
> closer to the situation.
>
> Peace,
> Doug
>
> PS: I'm new to the list. What address will post this to the entire user group?
>
> On 6/22/05, Vince LaMonica <vjl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I wanted to clarify my question from yesterday, as re-reading it, it
> > sounds quite confusing.
> >
> > I have a CVS file that has order header *and* line item info on each line,
> > like:
> >
> > 1110,6/20/2005,Jan Doe,123 Main St,99990000,1,Book
> > 1116,6/22/2005,Jim Smith,44 Here St,19191980,1,CD
> > 1116,6/22/2005,Jim Smith,44 Here St,77736222,1,Tape
> >
> > The above is actually two orders - one with one line item, and the 2nd
> > with two line items. I need to insert data from those lines into two
> > tables:
> >
> > insert into order_header (o_num, date, name, addr)
> > values ('1110','6/20/2005','Jan Doe','123 Main St'),
> > ('1116','6/22/2005','Jim Smith','44 Here St');
> >
> > insert into line_items (o_num, item_num, quan, desc, line_order)
> > values ('1110','99990000','1','Book','1'),
> > ('1116','19191980','1','CD','1'),
> > ('1116','77736222','1','Tape','2');
> >
> > Note the line_order field - it needs to increment per order for each line
> > item added to the line_items table. To complicate matters a bit, I'm
> > actually massaging the data before inserting [eg: splitting the name field
> > from the CSV into two fields for the mysql db, formatting the date field
> > for mysql, etc].
> >
> > I'm currently doing this process via a form where a user uploads the CVS
> > file [created with Excel, complete with the first row being made up the
> > Excel table's header].
> >
> > I currently do something like this:
> >
> > $fp = fopen("/tmp/"."$txt_file", "r");
> > while ($line = fgets($fp,1024))
> > {
> > $i++
> > if ($i > 1) { // skip excel header row
> > list ($o_num, $date, $name, $addr, $item_num, $quan, $desc) = csv_explode($line);
> > // i can now print the vars, but i get duplicate header records when
> > // there are multiple line items for a particular order. also, i
> > // need to generate the line_order field for insertion into the
> > // line_items table
> > }
> > }
> >
> > If I try and do any processing up where my comments are, well, the
> > comments tell you what happen. I know I am reading this file line by line,
> > so I can't compare order numbers [o_num] to group multiple line item
> > orders together. So how do I go about doing that? Read the entire CSV into
> > an array? How can that help? Any tips would be most appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > /vjl/
> >
> > p/s - FYI, cvs_explode() is:
> >
> > function csv_explode($str, $delim = ',', $qual = "\"")
> > {
> > $len = strlen($str);
> > $inside = false;
> > $word = '';
> > for ($i = 0; $i < $len; ++$i) {
> > if ($str[$i]==$delim && !$inside) {
> > $out[] = $word;
> > $word = '';
> > } else if ($inside && $str[$i]==$qual && ($i<$len && $str[$i+1]==$qual)) {
> > $word .= $qual;
> > ++$i;
> > } else if ($str[$i] == $qual) {
> > $inside = !$inside;
> > } else {
> > $word .= $str[$i];
> > }
> > }
> > $out[] = $word;
> > return $out;
> > }
> >
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