diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 04c4434..2b1214b 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1178,19 +1178,31 @@ function getPromotionalPrice($item) {
     }
 
     if (isset($_POST['import_items'])) {
+        error_log("Import items triggered. POST: " . print_r($_POST, true));
         if (isset($_FILES['excel_file']) && $_FILES['excel_file']['error'] === 0) {
             $tmpPath = $_FILES['excel_file']['tmp_name'];
+            error_log("File uploaded to: $tmpPath");
             $firstBytes = file_get_contents($tmpPath, false, null, 0, 4);
             if ($firstBytes === "PK\x03\x04") {
                 $message = "Error: It looks like you uploaded an Excel (.xlsx) file. Please save it as CSV (UTF-8) and try again.";
             } else {
-                $handle = fopen($tmpPath, "r");
+                // Check for BOM and skip it
+                if (substr($firstBytes, 0, 3) === "\xEF\xBB\xBF") {
+                    $handle = fopen($tmpPath, "r");
+                    fseek($handle, 3);
+                } else {
+                    $handle = fopen($tmpPath, "r");
+                }
+                
                 $firstLine = fgets($handle);
                 rewind($handle);
+                if (substr($firstBytes, 0, 3) === "\xEF\xBB\xBF") fseek($handle, 3);
+                
+                error_log("First line of CSV: " . $firstLine);
                 
                 $seps = [",", ";", "\t", "|"];
                 $sep = ",";
-                $maxCount = -1;
+                $maxCount = 0;
                 foreach ($seps as $s) {
                     $count = substr_count($firstLine, $s);
                     if ($count > $maxCount) {
@@ -1198,10 +1210,26 @@ function getPromotionalPrice($item) {
                         $sep = $s;
                     }
                 }
+                error_log("Detected separator: '$sep' (count: $maxCount)");
+                
+                // Try to detect if first line is header
+                $firstRow = fgetcsv($handle, 0, $sep);
+                $isHeader = true;
+                // If the first row's 4th or 5th columns are numeric, it's probably NOT a header
+                if (isset($firstRow[3]) && is_numeric(str_replace(',', '', trim($firstRow[3])))) $isHeader = false;
+                if (isset($firstRow[4]) && is_numeric(str_replace(',', '', trim($firstRow[4])))) $isHeader = false;
+                
+                if (!$isHeader) {
+                    rewind($handle);
+                    if (substr($firstBytes, 0, 3) === "\xEF\xBB\xBF") fseek($handle, 3);
+                    error_log("No header detected, starting from first row.");
+                } else {
+                    error_log("Header detected and skipped: " . print_r($firstRow, true));
+                }
                 
-                fgetcsv($handle, 0, $sep); // Skip header
                 $count = 0; $errors = 0;
                 while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 0, $sep)) !== FALSE) {
+                    if (count($data) < 2) continue; // Skip empty or single-column rows that aren't SKUs
                     if (empty($data[0]) && empty($data[1]) && empty($data[2])) continue;
                     try {
                         foreach ($data as &$val) {
@@ -1214,28 +1242,33 @@ function getPromotionalPrice($item) {
                         }
                         
                         // Map: 0:sku, 1:name_en, 2:name_ar, 3:sale_price, 4:cost_price
-                        $sku = $data[0] ?? '';
+                        $sku = substr(trim($data[0] ?? ''), 0, 100);
                         $name_en = $data[1] ?? '';
                         $name_ar = $data[2] ?? '';
-                        $sale_price = (float)($data[3] ?? 0);
-                        $purchase_price = (float)($data[4] ?? 0);
+                        $sale_price = str_replace(',', '', $data[3] ?? 0);
+                        $purchase_price = str_replace(',', '', $data[4] ?? 0);
 
                         if (empty($sku) && empty($name_en)) continue;
 
-                        db()->prepare("INSERT INTO stock_items (sku, name_en, name_ar, sale_price, purchase_price) 
+                        $stmt = db()->prepare("INSERT INTO stock_items (sku, name_en, name_ar, sale_price, purchase_price) 
                                       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?) 
                                       ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE name_en=VALUES(name_en), name_ar=VALUES(name_ar), 
-                                      sale_price=VALUES(sale_price), purchase_price=VALUES(purchase_price)")
-                          ->execute([$sku, $name_en, $name_ar, $sale_price, $purchase_price]);
+                                      sale_price=VALUES(sale_price), purchase_price=VALUES(purchase_price)");
+                        $stmt->execute([$sku, $name_en, $name_ar, (float)$sale_price, (float)$purchase_price]);
                         $count++;
                     } catch (Throwable $e) {
-                        error_log("Import error: " . $e->getMessage());
+                        error_log("Import row error: " . $e->getMessage() . " Data: " . print_r($data, true));
                         $errors++;
                     }
                 }
                 fclose($handle);
                 $message = "Import completed! $count items processed." . ($errors > 0 ? " ($errors rows skipped due to data errors.)" : "");
+                error_log("Import finished. Processed: $count, Errors: $errors");
             }
+        } else {
+            $errCode = $_FILES['excel_file']['error'] ?? 'no file';
+            error_log("File upload failed or missing. Error code: $errCode");
+            $message = "Error: File upload failed. (Error code: $errCode)";
         }
     }