hi, im not such a php expert and i want to parse a csv file located at http://www.totalbeauty.com/resource/lists. does anyone know how i can do this, what to watch out for, the best way to do this and just general tips for parsing files.
thanks..
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Jump to Posthttp://php.net/fgetcsv There's a builtin PHP function
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http://php.net/fgetcsv There's a builtin PHP function
does anyone know how to get the max lenght of any line in the file? the fgetcsv() requires a lenght argument that should ne greater that the longest line in the file.
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does anyone know how to get the max lenght of any line in the file? the fgetcsv() requires a lenght argument that should ne greater that the longest line in the file.
Unless you're using PHP4 you don't need it, if the PHP document shows an argument in [] then it is optional
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fgetcsv() parses the line it reads for fields in CSV format and returns an array containing the fields read.
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length
Must be greater than the longest line (in characters) to be found in the CSV file (allowing for trailing line-end characters). It became optional in PHP 5. Omitting this parameter (or setting it to 0 in PHP 5.0.4 and later) the maximum line length is not limited, which is slightly slower.
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no longer really necessary, if your host is running php5
its not a very well formed file, only 3 lines, a list of brandnames, semi-colon separated no quotes
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