Question

I would like to Insert some values into my table from a file. I do the following

$stmt=$db->prepare(INSERT INTO Info VALUES (NOW(), LOAD DATA INFILE "insert.txt"));
$stmt->execute();

I get the following error message: Parse Error syntax error unexpected T_STRING on line 6…

Answer 1

Both your PHP and your MySQL syntax have problems. First, your SQL statement needs to be surrounded by quotes. Secondly, the syntax for LOAD DATA INFILE is incorrect. Try this:

$stmt=$db->prepare("LOAD DATA INFILE 'insert.txt' into table `Info`");
$stmt->execute();

See the MySQL docs for LOAD DATA INFILE for more options. You’ll probably need to specify your field and line delimiters, for instance. If you need to set a column to the value of the now() function, you can issue a separate update query for that.