#45596 [NEW]: Dan Brown said this is documentation 'bug' not a user note to fgetcsv function

From: gdpurdy at yahoo dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Dan Brown said this is documentation 'bug' not a user note to fgetcsv function Description: ------------ Like pinkgothic at gmail dot com, 03-Apr-2007, I also found the documentation mildly misleading and also lacking a basic description. "The length parameter ... became optional in PHP 5" It IS required with PHP 4: array fgetcsv ( resource $handle , int $length [, string $delimiter [, string $enclosure [, string $escape ]]] ) fgetcsv is a specialized combination of fgets() and split() that reads a file and splits each record into an array based on $delimiter (default: comma) but ignoring any delimiters within $enclosure (default:double quotes) $fp1=fopen($inputfile,"r"); while(!feof($fp1)){ $record = fgetcsv($fp1,1000); // For example a csv record formatted as: // ,"Abels",,"Karen D.","123, Test blvd, Apt 7","Anytown","PA","19123-1234","610,644-1234",,,,,"""Harry""", // is stored as print_r($record); // (partially shown here) Array ( [0] => [1] => Abels [2] => [3] => Karen D. [4] => 123, Test blvd, Apt 7 ... [8] => 610,644-1234 ... [13] => "Harry" ) Any commas within a field were ignored and quotes within a field were handled correctly. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45596&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45596&r=mysqlcfg