Skip first line of fgetcsv method

Question

I have a CSV file and I read data from CSV file then I want to skip first line of CSV file.Which\'ll contain any header. I am using this code.

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Answer 1

You should use the fseek() method in order to get the desired line, regardless the current pointer position.

At this example, get the first line after the loop:

$file = fopen($path, "r");    

while (($emapData = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
  // ...
}

fseek($file, 1, SEEK_CUR);

You can use the third parameter to position the pointer in the file, as is:

SEEK_SET – It moves file pointer position to the beginning of the file.

SEEK_CUR – It moves file pointer position to given location.

SEEK_END – It moves file pointer position to the end of file.

Answer 2

Before beginning the while loop, just get the first line and do nothing with it. This way the logic to test if it's the first line is not needed.

fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",");
while (($emapData = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
  //....
}

Answer 3

A bit late, but here is another way to do so (without having to count all the lines): with fgets

$file = fopen($filename, 'r');  // create handler
fgets($file);  // read one line for nothing (skip header)
while (($line = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
    // do your thing
}

One might consider this to be more elegant

Answer 4

You can add a simple check and skip the query if the check fails:

$firstline = true;
while (($emapData = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE)
{
    if (!$firstline) {
        // Code to insert into database
    }
    $firstline = false;
}

Answer 5

Try this simple code.

$file = fopen('example.csv', 'r');  // Here example is a CSV name
$row = 1;
while (($line = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
// $line is an array of the csv elements
if($row == 1){ $row++; continue; }   // continue is used for skip row 1
// print_r($line);
// rest of your code
}

Answer 6

try:

$flag = true;
while (($emapData = fgetcsv($file, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
   if($flag) { $flag = false; continue; }
   // rest of your code
}