reading XLS file and storing data in DB

how to read excel file

[kadnan]

anyone idea how to read Excel file in php?

keep in mind that i would use php on linux platform so no COM solution

thanks

-adnan

[snookie]

does it have to excel? if you need a spreadsheet why not use .csv (comma delimited - which excel can cope with) and treat it as a text document?

[jatar_k]

if saved as csv you can use fgetcsv [ca.php.net] as well