I have a CSV I am downloading from a source I’m not in control of and the end of each line is a
^M
character when printed to a bash terminal. How can I sanitize this input programmatically in PHP?
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I have a CSV I am downloading from a source I’m not in control of and the end of each line is a
^M
character when printed to a bash terminal. How can I sanitize this input programmatically in PHP?
What you’re seeing is a Windows control character. To get rid of this in PHP, what you need to do is
$file = str_ireplace("\x0D", "", $file)this will work whether hexadecimal is lowercase or uppercase.