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read second line or record of csv file

Jul 23rd, 2007

Anyone know how to read the second line from a csv file using PHP? I need the read the second line from the csv file and import into mysql

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Re: read second line or record of csv file

Jul 23rd, 2007

Here's a tutorial that should get you there:
http://www.goodphptutorials.com/track/62

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Re: read second line or record of csv file

Jul 23rd, 2007

Is there mentioned how to read second row onwards or any particular row onwards from csv file? I try look at that wrbsite but couldn't find it.

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Re: read second line or record of csv file

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Originally Posted by redcoder07

Is there mentioned how to read second row onwards or any particular row onwards from csv file? I try look at that wrbsite but couldn't find it.

Right in the middle of the table of contents there is a link to the section "Working with CSV".

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Re: read second line or record of csv file

Jul 23rd, 2007

Yeah, thats the one i searched for, but couldn't get the answer

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Re: read second line or record of csv file

Jul 23rd, 2007

This code opens and reads a line into $line until there are no more lines:

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<?php
  $fp = fopen('file.csv', 'r');
  while (!feof($fp)) {
    $line = fgetcsv($fp, 4096);
    echo $line; // do whatever you need here
  }
  fclose($fp);
?>
<?php
  $fp = fopen('file.csv', 'r');
  while (!feof($fp)) {
    $line = fgetcsv($fp, 4096);
    echo $line; // do whatever you need here
  }
  fclose($fp);
?>

file_get() can be used as well, to load each line into an array, if you prefer to work with it like that.

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Re: read second line or record of csv file

Jul 24th, 2007

Alright, i got you now. meaning i can do some skipping code to replace
echo $line; // do whatever you need here

with some code that read the string is not equal to the column name in the csv file and proceed to insert.

Thanks for your help. Really appreciated