note 74276 added to function.fgetcsv

From: Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:47:15 +0000
Subject: note 74276 added to function.fgetcsv
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I find the documentation mildly misleading: fgetcsv() does not - as this documentation seemingly claims in the descriptive line - get a line out of the file (via the file pointer) and then parses this for CSV fields, but instead retrieves a CSV row out of the file, which it then splits into an array. The difference may seem trivial, but reading the description of this function I feared it might not support linebreaks in individual CSV values. Testing, however, revealed that fgetcsv() [fortunately!] works as one would expect from a CSV parser, and my fears were without cause. In fact, fgetcsv() is remarkably hard to break. It's not confused by the value """,""" for example (three quotation marks followed by a comma followed by three quotation marks - which represents the value "quotation mark, comma, quotation mark" in case it's not immediately obvious). I hope this extra documentation is helpful for someone. ---- Server IP: 217.160.72.57 Probable Submitter: 84.46.119.45 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74276 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74276 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74276 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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