CSV to Associative Array

Question

I\'ve seen numerous examples on how to take a CSV file and then create an associative array with the headers as the keys.

For example:

Brand,Model,Pa         


        

Answer 1

Using fgetcsv() seems the most direct and sensible tool for the job.

csv.csv contents:

Brand,Model,Part,Test
Honda,Civic,123,244
Honda,Civic,135,434
Toyota,Supra,511,664

Code:

$assoc_array = [];
if (($handle = fopen("csv.csv", "r")) !== false) {                 // open for reading
    if (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== false) {         // extract header data
        $keys = $data;                                             // save as keys
    }
    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== false) {      // loop remaining rows of data
        $assoc_array[] = array_combine($keys, $data);              // push associative subarrays
    }
    fclose($handle);                                               // close when done
}
echo "
";
    var_export($assoc_array);                                      // print to screen
echo "
";

Output:

array (
  0 => 
  array (
    'Brand' => 'Honda',
    'Model' => 'Civic',
    'Part' => '123',
    'Test' => '244',
  ),
  1 => 
  array (
    'Brand' => 'Honda',
    'Model' => 'Civic',
    'Part' => '135',
    'Test' => '434',
  ),
  2 => 
  array (
    'Brand' => 'Toyota',
    'Model' => 'Supra',
    'Part' => '511',
    'Test' => '664',
  ),
)

Resource: http://php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php