Question

I am trying to read a CSV file using PHP. I want to use a while statement for each line, and would like to assign a variable for each column. The reason I am assigning variables for each column is so that I can use those variables within a sql query.

$csv = fopen('sample2.csv','r') or die("can't open file");
while($csv_line = fgetcsv($csv,1024)) {
    //Not sure what to do here
}
fclose($csv) or die("can't close file");

I understand how to open the file and read the overall line, but not how to control the individual columns.

Updated Code

<?php
    $csv = fopen('sample.csv','r') or die("can't open file");
    while($csv_line = fgetcsv($csv,1024)) {
        list($column1, $column2, $column3) = $csv_line;
        echo 'Column 1: '.$column1.'<br />';
        echo 'Column 2: '.$column2.'<br />';
        echo 'Column 1: '.$column1.'<br />';
        echo 'Column 3: '.$column3.'<br />';
    }
    fclose($csv) or die("can't close file");
?>

Answer 1

fgetcsv returns an array with each field in it. You can use the list function to get all columns in that array:

while($csv_line = fgetcsv($csv,1024)) {
    list($column1, $column2, $column3) = $csv_line;
}