title: Automated import csv - ftp or email?
body: <p>My primary question: is there a reason to choose one over the other as a file location to automate update of MySQL - FTP or email?</p>
  
  <p>I will have a small csv file (1 line) and a couple image files that are generated remotely and can be either sent to a FTP site or to an email account.  From there I need the csv file to be updated into the MySQL DB and that data will then be immediately reflected on a website.  This will need to happen twice an hour.</p>
  
  <p>I have reviewed Stack and other online resources.  It seems that via ftp may be more straightforward and require less knowledge (I'm just a plebeian!), and this 
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7385418/import-csv-file-from-external-ftp-site">Stack Question</a> seems to get me most of the way there.  </p>
  
  <p>A secondary question is, do I have the basic order of events correct:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Create a cron that calls the ftp or email on schedule</li>
  <li>PHP script that will access and read the csv file</li>
  <li>PHP opens the DB and updates the table and deletes file from ftp or email</li>
  <li>PHP script in HTML that looks to update website </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thank you for viewing and for any assistance you can offer!</p>