Re: note 84622 rejected and deleted from function.fgetcsv by notes editor danbrown

My post did not > ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; it clarified the very sparse documentation for the fgetcsv function. It should be re-posted. --- On Tue, 7/22/08, php-notes@lists.php.net <php-notes@lists.php.net> wrote: > From: php-notes@lists.php.net <php-notes@lists.php.net> > Subject: note 84622 rejected and deleted from function.fgetcsv by notes editor danbrown > To: gdpurdy@yahoo.com > Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 10:14 AM > You are receiving this email because your note posted > to the online PHP manual has been removed by one of the > editors. > > Read the following paragraphs carefully, because they > contain > pointers to resources better suited for requesting support > or > reporting bugs, none of which are to be included in manual > notes > because there are mechanisms and groups in place to deal > with > those issues. > > The user contributed notes are not an appropriate place to > ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; please > use the resources listed on <http://php.net/support> > for those purposes. This was clearly stated in the page > you used to submit your note, please carefully re-read > those instructions before submitting future contributions. > > Bug submissions and feature requests should be entered at > <http://bugs.php.net/>. For documentation errors use > the > bug system, and classify the bug as "Documentation > problem". > Support and ways to find answers to your questions can be > found > at <http://php.net/support>. > > Your note has been removed from the online manual. > > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > 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.