note 74871 added to function.fgetcsv

a flexible parser that can be used for csv or tsv (or any delimited flatfile data source). <?php /* assumes a single line of input; automatically determines the number of fields */ function parse_line($input_text, $delimiter = ',', $text_qualifier = '"') { $text = trim($input_text); if(is_string($delimiter) && is_string($text_qualifier)) { $re_d = '\x' . dechex(ord($delimiter)); //format for regexp $re_tq = '\x' . dechex(ord($text_qualifier)); //format for regexp $fields = array(); $field_num = 0; while(strlen($text) > 0) { if($text{0} == $text_qualifier) { preg_match('/^' . $re_tq . '((?:[^' . $re_tq . ']|(?<=\x5c)' . $re_tq . ')*)' . $re_tq . $re_d . '?(.*)$/', $text, $matches); $value = str_replace('\\' . $text_qualifier, $text_qualifier, $matches[1]); $text = trim($matches[2]); $fields[$field_num++] = $value; } else { preg_match('/^([^' . $re_d . ']*)' . $re_d . '?(.*)$/', $text, $matches); $value = $matches[1]; $text = trim($matches[2]); $fields[$field_num++] = $value; } } return $fields; } else { return false; } } ?> ---- Server IP: 87.124.64.96 Probable Submitter: 69.48.114.91 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74871 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74871 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74871 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php