Re: [development] Import data from excel into drupal

30 Jul 2009


      Php has a nice function to get data from a CSV:  
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php

$handle = fopen("test.csv", "r");
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE) {
 // $data is an array of entries from that row.
 $node->field_data[0]['value'] = $data[0];
 $node->field_other_data[0]['value'] = $data[1];
 $node_save($node);
}

Brian

Neil Hastings wrote:
...
That's easier then what I did.  Using  
http://code.google.com/p/parsecsv-for-php/
Example code:
function opcerts_import_person() {
  //add person
  $csv = new parseCSV;
  $csv->auto('/var/www/import.csv');
foreach ($csv->data as $key => $row) {
    //get the nid if the person already exists
    $nid = opcerts_person_check_emp_id($row['emp_id']);
    if (!$nid) {
      $person = new stdClass;
//add person
      $person->uid = 1;
      $person->type = 'person';
      $person->field_last_name[0]['value'] = $row['l_name'];
      $person->field_first_name[0]['value'] = $row['f_name'];
      $person->field_emp_id[0]['value'] = $row['emp_id'];
      $person->field_position[0]['value'] = $row['title_tid'];
      $person->field_unit[0]['value'] = $row['unit_tid'];
      $person->field_middle[0]['value'] = $row['m_name'];
      $person->field_other_name[0]['value'] = $row['o_name'];
    }
    else {
      //add the unit to the person
      $person = node_load($nid);
      array_unshift($person->field_unit, array('value' => 
$row['unit_tid']));
    }
    node_object_prepare($person);
    node_save($person);
    unset($person);
  }
}
Cheers,
Neil
http://code-dreamers.com
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Kyle Mathews <mathews.kyle@gmail.com 
<mailto:mathews.kyle@gmail.com>> wrote:
Feedapi + parser_csv + feed element mapper + cck
http://drupal.org/project/feedapi
    http://drupal.org/project/parser_csv
    http://drupal.org/project/feedapi_mapper
Kyle
Research Assistant
    Entrepreneurship and Technology Center @ BYU
    kyle.mathews2000.com/blog <http://kyle.mathews2000.com/blog>
2009/7/30 Gastón Pablo Pérez <gpperez@gmail.com
    <mailto:gpperez@gmail.com>>
Hi!
I would like implement a functionality in a web site for able
        to upload an excel file, with a determined format, and then, I
        want to generate nodes with this information.
        Exists a module or a medium to do that? or how can i insert
        data into drupal database from an excel file?
thanks a lot
-- 
        "La perseverancia es un árbol de raíces amargas, pero de
        frutos muy dulces."
Gastón Pablo Perez
        Email:gpperez@gmail.com <mailto:Email%3Agpperez@gmail.com>

Re: [development] Import data from excel into drupal

Brian Vuyk