Error 1148 MySQL The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

Solution 1:

Loading a local file in MySQL is a security hazard and is off by default, you want to leave it off if you can. When it is not permitted you get this error:

ERROR 1148 (42000): The used command is not allowed with this MySQL version

Solutions:

  1. Use --local-infile=1 argument on the mysql commandline:

    When you start MySQL on the terminal, include --local-infile=1 argument, Something like this:

    mysql --local-infile=1 -uroot -p
    
    mysql>LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/tmp/foo.txt' INTO TABLE foo 
    COLUMNS TERMINATED BY '\t';
    

    Then the command is permitted:

    Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec)
    Records: 3  Deleted: 0  Skipped: 0  Warnings: 0
    
  2. Or send the parameter into the mysql daemon:

    mysqld --local-infile=1
    
  3. Or set it in the my.cnf file (This is a security risk):

    Find your mysql my.cnf file and edit it as root.

    Add the local-infile line under the mysqld and mysql designators:

    [mysqld]
    local-infile 
    
    [mysql]
    local-infile 
    

    Save the file, restart mysql. Try it again.

More info can be found here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/load-data-local.html

Solution 2:

In addition to using local-infile with the MySQL server (you can put this in the /etc/my.cnf file too), you also need to enable PDO to allow it:

<?php
$pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password, 
    array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_LOCAL_INFILE => true)
);

Otherwise it won't work, regardless of the value of local-infile on the MySQL server.