SplFileObject
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SplFileObject::setCsvControl

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

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

Description

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

Sets the delimiter, enclosure and escape 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.

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0 Added the escape parameter.

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
PHP Manual