How to extract data from csv file in PHP

Question

I have a csv file which looks like this

$lines[0] = \"text, with commas\", \"another text\", 123, \"text\",5;
$lines[1] = \"some without commas\", \"another          


        

Answer 1

You can use fgetcsv to parse a CSV file without having to worry about parsing it yourself.

Example from PHP Manual:

$row = 1;
if (($handle = fopen("test.csv", "r")) !== FALSE) {
    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
        $num = count($data);
        echo "
 $num fields in line $row: 
\n";
        $row++;
        for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) {
            echo $data[$c] . "
\n";
        }
    }
    fclose($handle);
}