PHP Manual
Prev |  | Next

# fgetcsv

fgetcsv -- Get line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields

## Description

`array fgetcsv`(int fp, int length, string [delimiter] );

Similar to fgets() except that fgetcsv() parses the line it reads for fields in CSV format and returns an array containing the fields read. The field delimiter is a comma, unless you specifiy another delimiter with the optional third parameter.

fp must be a valid file pointer to a file successfully opened by fopen(), popen(), or fsockopen()

length must be greater than the longest line to be found in the CSV file (allowing for trailing line-end characters).

fgetcsv() returns false on error, including end of file.

NB A blank line in a CSV file will be returned as an array comprising just one single null field, and will not be treated as an error.

Example 1. Fgetcsv() example - Read and print entire contents of a CSV file

      1
      2 $row = 1;
      3 $fp = fopen ("test.csv","r");
      4 while ($data = fgetcsv ($fp, 1000, ",")) {
      5     $num = count ($data);
      6     print "<p> $num fields in line $row: <br>";
      7     $row++;
      8     for ($c=0; $c<$num; $c++) {
      9         print $data[$c] . "<br>";
     10     }
     11 }
     12 fclose ($fp);
     13

Prev | Home | Next
fgetc | Up | fgets