SplFileObject::setCsvControl

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

SplFileObject::setCsvControl — Set the delimiter and enclosure character for CSV

Description

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

Sets the delimiter and enclosure 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.

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() - Get the delimiter and enclosure character for CSV
• SplFileObject::fgetcsv() - Gets line from file and parse as CSV fields