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load data infile is not allowed MariaDB – Plesk

I created a PHP script that imports posts from a CSV file into a WordPress website.

To do this, I first bulk import the posts into a table of the WP website database and then the PHP script creates the posts.
The bulk insert MYSQL query I use is the following:

load data local infile '/var/www/vhosts/sitenamehere.test/test.csv' into table test_table character set latin1 fields terminated by ';' lines terminated by 'rn' ignore 1 lines;

When I run the script from the server I get the following error:

“the used command is not allowed with this MariaDB version for the query load data local infile…”

The problem occurs only when I execute the script from the server, in fact if I run the same query from phpMyAdmin, it lets me import the file.

Since my scripts not only imports but also updates posts, the intention was to create a cron job so that the script is executed multiple times a day. Obviously this is not possible if I keep getting the same error.

I tried adding:

  • the line local-infile=1 under the section [client] and [mysqld] of my.cnf
  • the line mysql.allow_local_infile=On under the [mysql] section of
    my.cnf
  • the line mysql.allow_local_infile=On under the [MySQLi] section of php.ini located at /opt/plesk/php/7.1/etc

But nothing helped. Any ideas?

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  1. 0

    The guide at
    https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/load-data-infile/
    says

    If the local_infile system variable is set to 0, attempts to perform a LOAD DATA LOCAL will fail with an error message.

    You best bet is to change the my.ini file that’s being used.

    Moreover the used database user needs the FILE privilege.

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  2. 0

    You must add AllowLoadLocalInfile=true; to your MySQL/MariaDB server connection string when you want to load a local file.

    If using something like a LOAD LOCAL INFILE command then add --local_infile=1 to the command itself and it should work.

    In recent versions of both servers this functionality is disabled by default and should only be enabled when necessary.

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