php - Importing JSON into Mysql

Question

the problem that I am facing is importing JSON into Mysql. I have searched the interwebs, I have searched stackoverflow and probably even more sources, but could not find a single proper solution. Full disclosure here - I am not a PHP, SQL nor am I a JSON professional.

What I am trying to accomplish is fairly simple: Import this JSON file https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer/method=GET&path=245226895508982%2Ffeed%3Faccess_token%3D%3Caccess_token%3E= into a Mysql database. I understand that I need so somehow allocate the JSON data into columns and then curate the rows accordingly with the content. I do not need all of the data, but most of it. The data should later be echoed through a search query from a user.

My question is seems fairly simple - how can I do it?

P.S: I tried converting it into XML, but I do not have the sufficient rights to import the XML into the SQL database. Also the converter did not the best job.

Answer 1

You can export your json to csv : http://www.danmandle.com/blog/json-to-csv-conversion-utility/ or https://github.com/danmandle/JSON2CSV

Then :

LOAD DATA INFILE 'filepath/your_csv_file.csv' INTO TABLE tablename;

It should be okay for a oneshot.

More info for load data infile.