Question

I have csv values like this:

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

I want to take an entire CSV string and read it into a multidemensional array so that I get:

array(
   array(
      'test' => 'hi',
      'this' => 'there',
      'thing' => 'this'
   ),
   array(
      'test' => 'is',
      'this' => 'cool',
      'thing' => 'dude'
   ),
   array(
      'test' => 'have',
      'this' => 'fun',
      'thing' => ''
   )
);

I want an output like that, take note that the CSV value is dynamic.

Answer 1

Assuming every row in the CSV data has the same number of columns, this should work.

$lines = explode("\n", $csv_data);
$head = str_getcsv(array_shift($lines));

$array = array();
foreach ($lines as $line) {
    $array[] = array_combine($head, str_getcsv($line));
}

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If lines have a variable number of columns (as in your example, where the last line has 2 columns instead of 3), use this loop instead:

foreach ($lines as $line) {
    $row = array_pad(str_getcsv($line), count($head), '');
    $array[] = array_combine($head, $row);
}