PHP CSV to Associative Array with Row Headings

Question

I have a CSV file with headings in both the columns and rows that i need as an associative array and the examples i have tried on SO haven\'t worked for me.

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Answer 1

I think you are thinking to specifically. With your suggested requirement what would happen if you decide to sell potatoes. You would have to amend all your code.

What you need to change is the print loop.

So using this csv file

FOOD,IN_Stock,On_Order
Apples,1302,2304
Oranges,4356,335

You would get

$csv_file = 'file.csv';

$all_rows = array();

$header = null;//null; // has header
if (($handle = fopen($csv_file, "r")) !== FALSE) {
    while (($row = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
        if ($header === null) {
            $header = $row;
            continue;
        }
        $all_rows[] = array_combine($header, $row);
    }

    fclose($handle);
}
print_r($all_rows);

foreach ($all_rows as $stock_item) {

    foreach ($stock_item as $key => $val){
        if ( $key == 'FOOD') {
            echo sprintf("\n%s", $val);
        } else {
            echo sprintf(' %s = %s', $key, $val);
        }

    }
}

The result would be

Apples IN_Stock = 1302 On_Order = 2304
Oranges IN_Stock = 4356 On_Order = 335

And if you then add Potatoes to the csv

FOOD,IN_Stock,On_Order
Apples,1302,2304
Oranges,4356,335
Potatoes,3333,999

With no changes to the code your output would be

Apples IN_Stock = 1302 On_Order = 2304
Oranges IN_Stock = 4356 On_Order = 335
Potatoes IN_Stock = 3333 On_Order = 999

Of course you may want to format the output differently.