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

Return a php mapping array with the column of interests :

public function extractCSVDatas($file_uri) {
    $AliasToSystemPathMappingArray = [];
    if (($handle = fopen($file_uri, "r")) !== FALSE) {
      $csv = array_map('str_getcsv', file($file_uri));

      //remove header and choose columns among the list:
      foreach((array_slice($csv,1)) as $line) {
        list($id, $alias, $systemPath) = explode(';',$line[0]);
        $AliasToSystemPathMappingArray[] = [$alias, $systemPath];
      }
      fclose($handle);
    }
    return $AliasToSystemPathMappingArray;
  }