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Asked: 2026-05-13T12:33:19+00:00

I have been trying to import this excel file my mysql database, and it

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I have been trying to import this excel file my mysql database, and it has been rough.
There are around 7,000 rows in the .xls file, but when I export it to .csv and parse it with PHP I get one of two issues:

  • Excel does not escape anything, ie. the commas in each row split the data
  • When I change all commas to * then export for some reason excel changes a whole bunch of lines to a bunch of pound signs #####.

(Is there a reason it does this?)

I can upload the .xls somewhere if need be.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Figured it out!

    Turns out it was Excel’s fault. I checked the .xls before opening it in Excel, not ###.
    But after saving it in Excel they appeared.

    So I opened it in Numbers (part of iWork), changed all , to *, and all quotes to % (these never appeared in any line. Exported it to .csv, then changed them back when importing with PHP.

    Worked great. 🙂

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