Bug #2931 Updated: A request to add greater CSV file support

ID: 2931 Updated by: sterling Reported By: dswhite42@yahoo.com Old Status: Analyzed Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: IBM AIX 4 PHP Version: 4.0 New Comment: This is more of a feature request for PEAR's DB.php... Your welcome to implement it, still, not a PHP feature request (at least not one to be implemented). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-06-08 07:18:36] cynic@php.net Looks like more of a candidate for a PEAR class. You're welcome to implement it. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-02-10 13:54:08] jimw@php.net refiling against 4.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1999-12-07 13:07:32] dswhite42@yahoo.com One of the many plugins for Perl's DBI module is the DBD::CSV module. This allows users to treat a CSV file as if it were a real database. Instead of manually reading a file line-by-line and parsing it to find the fields I want, I can write code like this: $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:CSV:f_dir=/foo/bar;" . "csv_eol=\r\n;" . "csv_sep_char=\t;"); $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * from foo where fn='Dave'"); $sth->execute(); $dbh->do("DELETE from foo where fn='Dave'"); The advantage of this is primarily: - easier code to write, and - easy portability to a real database later (almost as simple as changing all references from DBD:CSV to DBD:MySQL) I know PHP4 is moving in the direction of a DBI-like solution, and that's great. In the meantime, would it be possible to add CSV "database" support to PHP? (csv_connect, csv_query, csv_fetch_array, etc.) to simulate the operations of a database on a CSV file? Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=2931&edit=1