PHP function fgetcsv()

Availability in `PHP 4.0`

Gets line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields

Parameters

Parameter	Data type	Default value	Note
$handle	resource	not	A valid file pointer to a file successfully opened by fopen, popen, or fsockopen.
$length	int	null,	Must be greater than the longest line (in characters) to be found in the CSV file (allowing for trailing line-end characters). It became optional in PHP 5. Omitting this parameter (or setting it to 0 in PHP 5.0.4 and later) the maximum line length is not limited, which is slightly slower.
$delimiter	string	null,	Set the field delimiter (one character only).
$enclosure	string	null,	Set the field enclosure character (one character only).
$escape	string	null	Set the escape character (one character only). Defaults as a backslash.

Return values

array

an indexed array containing the fields read.

A blank line in a CSV file will be returned as an array comprising a single null field, and will not be treated as an error.

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fgetcsv returns &null; if an invalid handle is supplied or false on other errors, including end of file.

Additional resources

Official fgetcsv documentation