str_getcsv into a multidimensional array in php

Question

I have csv values like this:

$csv_data = \"test,this,thing
             hi,there,this
             is,cool,dude
             have,fun\";

I want

Answer 1

Here is a very clean and simple solution:

function parse_row($row) {
  return array_map('trim', explode(',', $row));
}

$rows   = str_getcsv($csv_data, "\n");
$keys   = parse_row(array_shift($rows));
$result = array();

foreach ($rows as $row) {
  $row = parse_row($row);
  $row = array_pad($row, 3, NULL);

  $result[] = array_combine($keys, $row);
}