Question

I read in a csv file by using a while loop:

while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, null, ",")) !== FALSE) 

and i want to skip the first row because this is the title row and i want to display on the screen “first line skipped”.

if($data[0]=="title")
echo "Title row..skipping<br />";  
else
//do stuff

The problem is since its in a while loop it prints out “Title row…skipping” a bunch of times shown here:

Checking row 0...
Title row..skipping
Title row..skipping
Title row..skipping
Title row..skipping
Title row..skipping
Title row..skipping
Title row..skipping
Checking row 1...

what should i do so it only prints it out once? does it have something to do with php’s output buffering?

Answer 1

if($data[0]=="title") {
  if (!$skipped) {
    echo "Title row..skipping<br />";
    $skipped = true;
  }
}
else
//do stuff