fputcsv

Name:fputcsv

Category:File system

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Format the line to CSV and write to an open file.

Definition and usage

fputcsv() function formats the line to CSV and writes to an open file.

This function returns the length of the written string. If an error occurs, false is returned. .

Example

 <?php
$list = array
(
"George, John, Thomas, USA" ,
"James,Adrew,Martin,USA" ,
) ;

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

foreach ( $list as $line )
  {
  fputcsv ( $file , split ( ',' , $line ) ) ;
  }

fclose ( $file ) ;
?>

After the above code is executed, the CSV file will look like this:

 George, John, Thomas, USA
James Adrew Martin USA

grammar

 fputcsv ( file , fields , seperator , enclosure )

parameter	describe
file	Required. Specifies the open file to be written.
fields	Required. Specifies an array from which data is to be obtained.
seperator	Optional. Characters that specify field separators. The default is comma (,).
enclosure	Optional. Characters that specify the field surrounding the character. The default is double quotes".