Question

I have a CSV with the first row containing the field names. Example data is…

"Make","Model","Note"
"Chevy","1500","loaded"
"Chevy","2500",""
"Chevy","","loaded"

I need my data formatted in an array of key-value pairs where the key name is the column heading. I guess it would something like this for row 1:

$array = [
    "Make" => "Chevy",
    "Model" => "1500",
    "Note" => "loaded"
];

…row 2…

$array = [
    "Make" => "Chevy",
    "Model" => "1500",
    "Note" => ""
];

…and row 3…

$array = [
    "Make" => "Chevy",
    "Model" => "",
    "Note" => "loaded"
];

I’m not sure how to do this other than statically – problem is the columns with their associated data could change from one file to the next… columns rearranged, dropped, or added.

You ideas are much appreciated.

Answer 1

$all_rows = array();
$header = fgetcsv($file);
while ($row = fgetcsv($file)) {
  $all_rows[] = array_combine($header, $row);
}

print_r($all_rows);