# ParseCsv

ParseCsv is an easy-to-use PHP class that reads and writes CSV data properly. It
fully conforms to the specifications outlined on the on the
[Wikipedia article][CSV] (and thus RFC 4180). It has many advanced features which help make your
life easier when dealing with CSV data.

You may not need a library at all: before using ParseCsv, please make sure if PHP's own `str_getcsv()`, ``fgetcvs()`` or `fputcsv()` meets your needs.

This library was originally created in early 2007 by [jimeh](https://github.com/jimeh) due to the lack of built-in
and third-party support for handling CSV data in PHP.

[csv]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values

## Features

* ParseCsv is a complete and fully featured CSV solution for PHP
* Supports enclosed values, enclosed commas, double quotes and new lines.
* Automatic delimiter character detection.
* Sort data by specific fields/columns.
* Easy data manipulation.
* Basic SQL-like _conditions_, _offset_ and _limit_ options for filtering
  data.
* Error detection for incorrectly formatted input. It attempts to be
  intelligent, but can not be trusted 100% due to the structure of CSV, and
  how different programs like Excel for example outputs CSV data.
* Support for character encoding conversion using PHP's
  `iconv()` and `mb_convert_encoding()` functions.
* Supports PHP 5.4 and higher.
  It certainly works with PHP 7.2 and all versions in between.

## Installation

Installation is easy using Composer. Just run the following on the
command line:
```
composer require parsecsv/php-parsecsv
```

If you don't use a framework such as Drupal, Laravel, Symfony, Yii etc.,
you may have to manually include Composer's autoloader file in your PHP
script:
```php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
```

#### Without composer
Not recommended, but technically possible: you can also clone the
repository or extract the
[ZIP](https://github.com/parsecsv/parsecsv-for-php/archive/master.zip).
To use ParseCSV, you then have to add a `require 'parsecsv.lib.php';` line.

## Example Usage

**General**

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv('data.csv');
print_r($csv->data);
```

**Tab delimited, and encoding conversion**

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv();
$csv->encoding('UTF-16', 'UTF-8');
$csv->delimiter = "\t";
$csv->parse('data.tsv');
print_r($csv->data);
```

**Auto-detect delimiter character**

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv();
$csv->auto('data.csv');
print_r($csv->data);
```

**Modify data in a CSV file**

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv();
$csv->sort_by = 'id';
$csv->parse('data.csv');
# "4" is the value of the "id" column of the CSV row
$csv->data[4] = array('firstname' => 'John', 'lastname' => 'Doe', 'email' => 'john@doe.com');
$csv->save();
```

**Replace field names or set ones if missing**

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv();
$csv->fields = ['id', 'name', 'category']
$csv->parse('data.csv');
```

**Add row/entry to end of CSV file**

_Only recommended when you know the exact structure of the file._

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv();
$csv->save('data.csv', array(array('1986', 'Home', 'Nowhere', '')), true);
```

**Convert 2D array to CSV data and send headers to browser to treat output as
a file and download it**

```php
$csv = new ParseCsv\Csv();
$csv->output('movies.csv', $array, array('field 1', 'field 2'), ',');
```

For more complex examples, see the ``tests`` and `examples` directories. 

## Credits

* ParseCsv is based on the concept of [Ming Hong Ng][ming]'s [CsvFileParser][]
  class.

[ming]: http://minghong.blogspot.com/
[CsvFileParser]: http://minghong.blogspot.com/2006/07/csv-parser-for-php.html


## Contributors

Please find a complete list on the project's [contributors][] page.

[contributors]: https://github.com/parsecsv/parsecsv-for-php/graphs/contributors



## License

(The MIT license)

Copyright (c) 2014 Jim Myhrberg.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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