Question

I would like the following code to assign a variable to each value read from my CSV file.

<?php
$row = 1;
if (($handle = fopen("test.csv", "r")) !== FALSE) {
    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
        $num = count($data);
        echo "<p> $num fields in line $row: <br /></p>\n";
        $row++;
        for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) {
            echo $data[$c] . "<br />\n";
        }
    }
    fclose($handle);
}
?>

So for example, inside the CSV file I have 4 values from 2 Excel columns:

Jack,31/01/1991
Ross,15/03/1989

And I would like the make Jack variable $vrble1, 31/01/1991 $vrble2, Ross $vrble3 and 15/03/1989 $vrble4.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Per each iteration you merge the data into a single array:

$file = new SplFileObject("test.csv");
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
$data = call_user_func_array('array_merge', iterator_to_array($file));

And then you can extract the array data into the local varialbles like this:

$data = array_combine(range(1, count($data)), $data);
extract($data, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, 'vrble');

See array_combine and extract.

However you should continue using arrays if you ask me.