pfuri/awesome-php-csv

AwesomePHPCSV is a simple, fast & lightweight CSV parser built for PHP 5.3+

v2.1.1 2017-03-10 03:32 UTC

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Last update: 2024-03-16 22:39:49 UTC


README

AwesomePHPCSV is a simple, fast & lightweight CSV parser built for PHP 5.3+

Breaking Changes in 2.1

1. hasHeadingRow parameter has been renamed to skipHeaderRow which is what it actually does

2. mapColumns parameter has been added to use the values from the first row as associative array keys for the rest of the rows in the returned results (may lower performance)

Usage

AwesomePHPCSV is simple and easy to use. Just follow the instructions below:

1. include AwesomePHPCSV into your own PHP project via Composer.

From the command line:

composer require pfuri/awesomephp-csv:~2.1

Or in your composer.json file add pfuri/awesome-php-csv to the list of required packages and then run composer update:

{
    ...
    "require": {
        ...
        "pfuri/awesome-php-csv": "~2.1",
        ...
    }
    ...
}

2. create an AwesomePHPCSV instance:

use pfuri\AwesomePHPCSV;

$apcsv = new AwesomePHPCSV();

Having trouble? Don't forget to include the Composer autoload.php file!"

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

3. create an options array (see options section below for a full set of options):

$options = array(
    'pathToFile' => 'example.csv',
    'hasHeaderRow' => true
);

4. call the import function the CSV into a PHP array:

$data = $apcsv->import($options);
if($data === false) {
    // false means there was some kind of error
    // error messages can be found in the error message array
    $errorMessages = $apcsv->errorMessages;
    print_r($errorMessages);
}

The result is now a PHP array with each row representing a row from the CSV file (see the result format section below for an example)

Import Options

Below is the complete list of options for AwesomePHPCSV::import(array $options):

  • string pathToFile (required): The full path to the csv file to be parsed (note: if file is used instead of pathToFile, then pathToFile is not required)
  • string file (optional): The CSV file in array format, where each row of the CSV is a string in the array (note: must not include line endings)
  • boolean skipHeaderRow (optional) (default: false): Whether or not to skip the first row
  • boolean mapColumns (optional) (default: false): use the values from the first row as associative array keys for the rest of the rows in the returned results (may lower performance)
  • int columns (optional) (default: null): Enables column validation by specifying how many the columns each row should have. If the csv contains a row without exactly this many columns, import will fail
  • int start (optional) (default:1): The row to start on [inclusive]
  • int end (optional) (default:null): The row to end on [inclusive]
  • int loopLimit (optional) (default:100): The amount of time to spend parsing a single row. You shouldn't need to change this
  • boolean debug (optional) (default:false): Prints error messages using debug() if any are encountered

Result Format

If this is your CSV file:

Year, Make, Model, Color

2016, Cadillac, Escalade, Black

2016, Mercedes Benz, ML350, Black

Then after importing, you would receive a PHP array that looks like:

[
    [2016, Cadillac, Escalade, Black],
    [2016, Mercedes Benz, ML350, Black]
]

Example File

example.php will import example.csv and output the results.