Just write a function that will import a csv with fields you need. Not a cake example but similar and you should get the idea:
public function incsv()
{
$file = 'C:\mydocs\incsv.csv';
$content = file($file);
$array = array();
for ($i = 1; $i < count($content); $i++) {
$line = explode(',', $content[$i]);
for ($j = 0; $j < count($line); $j++) {
$array[$i][$j + 1] = $line[$j];
}
}
$k = count($array) + 1;
for ($i = 1; $i < $k; $i++) {
$tdate = new \DateTime($array[$i][2]);
$ndate = $tdate->format('Y-m-d');
$descraw = $array[$i][8];
$descspace = preg_replace('/[^a-z\d ]/i', '', $descraw);
$desc = preg_replace('/^\s+|\s+$|\s+(?=\s)/', '', $descspace);
$amt = $array[$i][3];
$namt = number_format($amt, 2, '.', '');
if ($namt < 0) {
$wd = $namt * -1;
$dep = 0;
} else {
$dep = $namt;
}
$maxid = $this->Check->getMaxid();
$checkid = $maxid + 1;
$data = [
'checkid' => $checkid,
'transdate' => $ndate,
'transdescribe' => $desc,
'widthdraw' => $wd,
'deposit' => $dep
];
$this->Check->insertCsv($data);
}
$this->Check->checkRecalc();
Url::redirect('check/index');
}
I did not need to use all fields, so just got the needed ones.
To achieve something like:
Besides learning cake I would highly advise you to study and learn various PHP methods and functions. Cake is a PHP framework.
And the above is just an example you need to figure out your own routine that works in your case.