How to extract data from csv file in PHP

Question

I have a csv file which looks like this

$lines[0] = \"text, with commas\", \"another text\", 123, \"text\",5;
$lines[1] = \"some without commas\", \"another          


        

Answer 1

In addition to Matt's suggestion, you can also use SplFileObject to read in the file:

$file = new SplFileObject("data.csv");
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
$file->setCsvControl(',', '"', '\\'); // this is the default anyway though
foreach ($file as $row) {
    list ($fruit, $quantity) = $row;
    // Do something with values
}

^{source: http://de.php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.setcsvcontrol.php}