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SplFileObject::setFlags

SplFileObject::setCsvControl

Set the delimiter, enclosure and escape character for CSV

Description

public void SplFileObject::setCsvControl ([ string $delimiter = "," [, string $enclosure = "\"" [, string $escape = "\\" ]]] )

Sets the delimiter, enclosure and escape character for parsing CSV fields.

Parameters

delimiter: The field delimiter (one character only).
enclosure: The field enclosure character (one character only).
escape: The field escape character (one character only).

Return Values

No value is returned.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.3.0	Added the `escape` parameter.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileObject::setCsvControl example


<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("data.csv");
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
$file->setCsvControl('|');
foreach ($file as $row) {
    list ($fruit, $quantity) = $row;
    // Do something with values
}
?>

Contents of data.csv

<?php
apples|20
bananas|14
cherries|87
?>

See Also

SplFileObject::getCsvControl
SplFileObject::fgetcsv