fgetcsv

Definition and usage

The fgetcsv() function reads a line from the file pointer and parses the CSV field.

Similar to fgets() , the difference is that fgetcsv() parses the read lines and finds fields in CSV format, and then returns an array containing these fields.

FALSE is returned when fgetcsv() error occurs, including when the file ends.

Note: Since PHP 4.3.5, the operation of fgetcsv() is binary safe.

Example

Example 1

 <?php

$file = fopen ( "contacts.csv" , "r" ) ;
print_r ( fgetcsv ( $file ) ) ;
fclose ( $file ) ;

?>

CSV file:

 George , John , Thomas , USA
James , Adrew , Martin , USA

The output is similar:

 Array 
( 
[0] => George
[1] => John 
[2] => Thomas
[3] => USA
)

Example 2

 <?php

$file = fopen ( "contacts.csv" , "r" ) ;

While ( ! feof ( $file ) )
  {
  print_r ( fgetcsv ( $file ) ) ;
  }

fclose ( $file ) ;

?>

CSV file:

 George , John , Thomas , USA
James , Adrew , Martin , USA

The output is similar:

 Array 
( 
[0] => George
[1] => John 
[2] => Thomas
[3] => USA

Array
(
[0] => James
[1] => Adrew
[2] => Martin
[3] => USA
)

grammar

 fgetcsv ( file , length , separator , enclosure )