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Files:
CSV.php
File.php
FileTest.php
parser.php
Util.php

Class: File_CSV

Source Location: /File-1.1.0RC4/File/CSV.php

Class Overview




File class for handling CSV files (Comma Separated Values), a common format  for exchanging data.




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[line 48]

File class for handling CSV files (Comma Separated Values), a common format  for exchanging data.
TODO: 
  • Usage example and Doc
  • Use getPointer() in discoverFormat
  • Add a line counter for being able to output better error reports
  • Store the last error in GLOBALS and add File_CSV::getLastError()
  Wish: 
  • Other methods like readAll(), writeAll(), numFields(), numRows()
  • Try to detect if a CSV has header or not in discoverFormat()
  Known Bugs:  (they has been analyzed but for the moment the impact in the speed for   properly handle this uncommon cases is too high and won't be supported) 
  • A field which is composed only by a single quoted separator (ie -> ;";";)
    is not handled properly
  • When there is exactly one field minus than the expected number and there
    is a field with a separator inside, the parser will throw the "wrong count" error









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Method Detail



	
	
discoverFormat   [line 390]

	

    

    

		mixed discoverFormat(
string
$file, [array
$extraSeps = array()])
    

    


	
		Discover the format of a CSV file (the number of fields, the separator  and if it quote string fields)


    

  • Return: Assoc array or false
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Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $file  
        —
          the CSV file name
      

          

        array  
        $extraSeps  
        —
          extra separators that should be checked for.
      

        

    


        
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getPointer   [line 121]

	

    

    

		mixed getPointer(
string
$file, array
&$conf, [string
$mode = FILE_MODE_READ])
    

    


	
		Return or create the file descriptor associated with a file


    

  • Return: A file resource or false
    • 








        
Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $file  
        —
          The name of the file
      

          

        array  
        &$conf  
        —
          The configuration
      

          

        string  
        $mode  
        —
          The open node (ex: FILE_MODE_READ or FILE_MODE_WRITE)
      

        

    


        
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raiseError   [line 58]

	

    

    

		bool raiseError(
string
$error)
    

    


	
		This raiseError method works in a different way. It will always return  false (an error occurred) but it will call PEAR::raiseError() before  it. If no default PEAR global handler is set, will trigger an error.


    

  • Return: always false
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Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $error  
        —
          The error message
      

        

    


        
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read   [line 282]

	

    

    

		mixed read(
string
$file, array
&$conf)
    

    


	
		Reads a "row" from a CSV file and return it as an array


    

  • Return: Array or false
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Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $file  
        —
          The CSV file
      

          

        array  
        &$conf  
        —
          The configuration of the dest CSV
      

        

    


        
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readQuoted   [line 183]

	

    

    

		mixed readQuoted(
string
$file, array
&$conf)
    

    


	
		Reads a row of data as an array from a CSV file. It's able to  read memo fields with multiline data.


    

  • Return: Array with the data read or false on error/no more data
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Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $file  
        —
          The filename where to write the data
      

          

        array  
        &$conf  
        —
          The configuration of the dest CSV
      

        

    


        
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unquote   [line 157]

	

    

    

		string unquote(
string
$field, string
$quote)
    

    


	
		Unquote data


    

  • Return: the unquoted data
    • 








        
Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $field  
        —
          The data to unquote
      

          

        string  
        $quote  
        —
          The quote char
      

        

    


        
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write   [line 353]

	

    

    

		bool write(
string
$file, array
$fields, array
&$conf)
    

    


	
		Writes a struc (array) in a file as CSV


    

  • Return: True on success false otherwise
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Parameters:

    

    

          

        string  
        $file  
        —
          The filename where to write the data
      

          

        array  
        $fields  
        —
          Ordered array with the data
      

          

        array  
        &$conf  
        —
          The configuration of the dest CSV
      

        

    


        
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