Find if a value exist in a CSV file with PHP

Question

This is my code to check if a row of my .csv file contains a specific name, but it does not work.

I think it has something to do with the if statement.<

Answer 1

Since you haven't provided a sample of your file, am submitting the following as an alternative.

Do note that in your present code, you are assigning using a single equal sign = instead of comparing using == or ===, just saying as an FYI.

if ($line_of_text[0] = 'paul') should read as if ($line_of_text[0] == 'paul')

Assuming the following .csv format (will work even without the commas) and is case-sensitive, consult Footnotes regarding case-insensitive search.

Paul, Larry, Robert

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Code:

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Footnotes:

For a case-insensitive search, use stripos()

$line_number = (stripos($line, $search) !== FALSE);

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Row number found on...

To give you the row's number where it was found:

$line_number = (strpos($line, $search) !== FALSE) ? $count : $line_number;

or (case-insensitive)

$line_number = (stripos($line, $search) !== FALSE) ? $count : $line_number;

then just echo $line_number;