Parse Question Using list()

newbie import csv question file is like: stuff1,stuff2,stuff3 stuff1,stuff2,stuff3 stuff1,stuff2,stuff3 stuff1,stuff2,stuff3 etc. Problem: when I try to parse out the 3 fields and display them using list() it just gets just 1st char of each field ... Q: How do I get it to set $col1 - 2 & $col3 to the full contents of each for each line (not just 1st char)? <?php // on a mac but with windows linefeed returns in file $handle = fopen("file:///path/_impfool/test.csv", "r"); while (!feof ($handle)) { $line = fgets($handle); list($col1, $col2, $col3) = $line; echo $line.''.' line<br>'; // this shows the whole line ok echo "c1 is $col1 and c2 is $col2 and c3 is $col3".'<br>'; // this shows just 1st char of each field } ?> Thanks, cool@hosting4days.com