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

Maybe my code solves your problem:

// Parse all content from csv file and generate array from line.
function csv_content_parser($content) {
  foreach (explode("\n", $content) as $line) {
    // Generator saves state and can be resumed when the next value is required.
    yield str_getcsv($line);
  }
}
// Get content from csv file.
$content = file_get_contents('your_file.csv');
// Create one array from csv file's lines.
$data = array();
foreach (csv_content_parser($content) as $fields) {
  array_push($data, $fields);
}

In result you have an array with all values from csv. It would be something like:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => text, with commas
            [1] => another text
            [2] => 123
            [3] => text
            [4] => 5
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => some without commas
            [1] => another text
            [2] => 123
            [3] => text
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => some text, with comma,s or no
            [1] =>  NULL 
            [2] => 123
            [3] => text
        )

)