<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Gets line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.fgetc.html">fgetc</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.fgets.html">fgets</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.filesystem.html">Filesystem Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.fgetcsv" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">fgetcsv</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fgetcsv</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fgetcsv</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$handle</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$length</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$delimiter</code><span class="initializer"> = ','</span></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$enclosure</code><span class="initializer"> = '"'</span></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$escape</code><span class="initializer"> = '\\'</span></span> ]]]] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Similar to <span class="function"><a href="function.fgets.html" class="function">fgets()</a></span> except that <span class="function"><strong>fgetcsv()</strong></span> parses the line it reads for fields in <acronym title="Comma Separated Value">CSV</acronym> format and returns an array containing the fields read. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> A valid file pointer to a file successfully opened by <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function">fopen()</a></span>, <span class="function"><a href="function.popen.html" class="function">popen()</a></span>, or <span class="function"><a href="function.fsockopen.html" class="function">fsockopen()</a></span>. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">length</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Must be greater than the longest line (in characters) to be found in the CSV file (allowing for trailing line-end characters). It became optional in PHP 5. Omitting this parameter (or setting it to 0 in PHP 5.0.4 and later) the maximum line length is not limited, which is slightly slower. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">delimiter</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Set the field delimiter (one character only). </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">enclosure</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Set the field enclosure character (one character only). </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">escape</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Set the escape character (one character only). Defaults as a backslash. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns an indexed array containing the fields read. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> A blank line in a CSV file will be returned as an array comprising a single <span class="type"><a href="language.types.null.html" class="type null">null</a></span> field, and will not be treated as an error. </p> </p></blockquote> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">If PHP is not properly recognizing the line endings when reading files either on or created by a Macintosh computer, enabling the <a href="filesystem.configuration.html#ini.auto-detect-line-endings" class="link">auto_detect_line_endings</a> run-time configuration option may help resolve the problem.</span></p></blockquote> <p class="para"> <span class="function"><strong>fgetcsv()</strong></span> returns <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> if an invalid <em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em> is supplied or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on other errors, including end of file. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>5.3.0</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">escape</code></em> parameter was added </td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.3.5</td> <td> <span class="function"><strong>fgetcsv()</strong></span> is now binary safe </td> </tr> <tr> <td>4.3.0</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">enclosure</code></em> parameter was added </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-2361"> <p><strong>Example #1 Read and print the entire contents of a CSV file</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$row </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />if ((</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$handle </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test.csv"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"r"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) !== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">FALSE</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> while ((</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fgetcsv</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$handle</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1000</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">","</span><span style="color: #007700">)) !== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">FALSE</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">count</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<p> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num</span><span style="color: #DD0000"> fields in line </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #DD0000">: <br /></p>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$row</span><span style="color: #007700">++;<br /> for (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c </span><span style="color: #007700">< </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$num</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c</span><span style="color: #007700">++) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c</span><span style="color: #007700">] . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<br />\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br /> }<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$handle</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> Locale setting is taken into account by this function. If <var class="varname"><var class="varname">LANG</var></var> is e.g. <em>en_US.UTF-8</em>, files in one-byte encoding are read wrong by this function. </p> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.fgetcsv-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.str-getcsv.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">str_getcsv()</a> - Parse a CSV string into an array</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.explode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">explode()</a> - Split a string by string</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.file.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">file()</a> - Reads entire file into an array</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pack.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pack()</a> - Pack data into binary string</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fputcsv.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fputcsv()</a> - Format line as CSV and write to file pointer</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.fgetc.html">fgetc</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.fgets.html">fgets</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.filesystem.html">Filesystem Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>