Option 3: the command line Tried and true, the command line will always be the most efficient—though not the most friendly way—to accomplish a database export/import.

Import json file to mysql database through command line - c4ei/json2mysql ...

You can copy a MySQL database to a website using a tool such as phpMyAdmin or by using the MySQL command line. Create a new target database, export the data from the source database and import it ...

The mysql command-line interactive program is a very powerful way to access, display and even manipulate data without the need for any GUI at all. The basic commands are well worth learning, so if you ...

A Symfony Console Command (data:import) designed to validate, process, and import data from a CSV file into a database. Designed with flexibility, allowing support for other data types such as JSON ...

This is likely because when I first learned it was with command-line tools, but even so, I think command-line database tools often are the best way to interact with a database manually. Two of the ...