PHP fgetcsv() Function

Thefgetcsv() function is used to get a line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields. Well, it is similar to fgets() function, but it parses the lines in CSV format, and it returns an array that contains the fields to read.

Syntax

array fgetcsv( resource $handle [, int $length = 0 [, string $delimiter = "," [, string $enclosure = '"' [, string $escape = "\\" ]]]] ).

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required/Optional
File	Specifies the file to check	required
Length	Specifies the maximum length of a line	optional
separator	specifies the field separator	optional
enclosure	specifies the field enclosure character	optional

Returns

It returns an indexed array.

Example 1

<?php
$f1 = fopen("employe.csv","r");
while(! feof($f1))
  {
print_r(fgetcsv($f1));
  }
fclose($f1);
?>

Output:

Array ( [0] =>rosie [1] =>wan [2] =>starr [3] => Norway ) Array ( [0] =>somya [1] =>aksahy [2] =>dhanush [3] =>India ).

Example 2

<?php  
$str_CSV = '"1","PEN","red"  
           "2","Book","green"  
           ';  
  $row = str_getcsv($str_CSV, "\n");  
$length = count($row);  
for($i=0;$i<$length;$i++) {  
 $data = str_getcsv($row[$i], ",");  
print_r($data);  
}     
?>

Output:

Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => PEN [2] => red ) Array ( [0] => 2 [1] => Book [2] => green )
Or
Array ( 
[0] => 1
 [1] => PEN 
[2] => red 
)
 Array (
 [0] => 2
 [1] => Book 
[2] => green 
)

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