Reading spreadsheet using PHPExcel

php, phpexcel

Solution

When a file is uploaded to your webserver, The file will be saved in the temporary folder of your system with a random name.

What you were trying to do was giving the actual `name` of the file you uploaded, But since the file was created with a random name in the tmp folder. You will need to use `tmp_name` instead, Which actually point the that random named file.

Also note, in `name` You only have the name of the file that was uploaded and not the path, But with `tmp_name` you have the actual path to the file.

See the following example of a file upload you would get.

array(
 [UploadFieldName]=>array(
    [name] => MyFile.jpg
    [type] => image/jpeg
    [tmp_name] => /tmp/php/php6hst32
    [error] => UPLOAD_ERR_OK
    [size] => 98174
  )
)

change your code to this instead

 //Check valid spreadsheet has been uploaded
if(isset($_FILES['spreadsheet'])){
if($_FILES['spreadsheet']['tmp_name']){
if(!$_FILES['spreadsheet']['error'])
{

    $inputFile = $_FILES['spreadsheet']['tmp_name'];
    $extension = strtoupper(pathinfo($inputFile, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
    if($extension == 'XLSX' || $extension == 'ODS'){

        //Read spreadsheeet workbook
        try {
             $inputFileType = PHPExcel_IOFactory::identify($inputFile);
             $objReader = PHPExcel_IOFactory::createReader($inputFileType);
                 $objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($inputFile);
        } catch(Exception $e) {
                die($e->getMessage());
        }

        //Get worksheet dimensions
        $sheet = $objPHPExcel->getSheet(0); 
        $highestRow = $sheet->getHighestRow(); 
        $highestColumn = $sheet->getHighestColumn();

        //Loop through each row of the worksheet in turn
        for ($row = 1; $row <= $highestRow; $row++){ 
                //  Read a row of data into an array
                $rowData = $sheet->rangeToArray('A' . $row . ':' . $highestColumn . $row, NULL, TRUE, FALSE);
                //Insert into database
        }
    }
    else{
        echo "Please upload an XLSX or ODS file";
    }
}
else{
    echo $_FILES['spreadsheet']['error'];
}
}
}

?>

Problem

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