SplFileObject::setCsvControl

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

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

Description

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

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 (at most one character). An empty string ("") disables the proprietary escape mechanism.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Changelog

Version	Description
7.4.0	The `escape` parameter now also accepts an empty string to disable the proprietary escape mechanism.

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
?>