Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On Fri, April 27, 2007 5:25 pm, Fernando Cosso wrote: One word: explode :D Two Words: Quotes, Commas :-p CSV is a nasty nested mess of escapes for escapes from somebody who clearly did NOT understand how to write a parser/grammar. Oh, yeah, it came from Microsoft, I think. That explains everything! -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On Apr 28, 2007, at 2:59 PM, Richard Lynch wrote: On Fri, April 27, 2007 5:25 pm, Fernando Cosso wrote: One word: explode :D Two Words: Quotes, Commas :-p I think I wrote a parser a while back that properly handled commas in quotes for csv files. Probably did it the hard way but it worked for what I needed it to do, and it required less brain power on my part then trying to figure out a regex. Went through the file a character at a time and ran the strings into arrays, ala explode(). Something along the lines of: $out = array(); $line = 1; $i = 0; start of line add chars to $out[$line][$i] (+=) until you get to a comma ($i++), keep track of opening and closing quotes and ignore the commas in between those, then on to the next line ($line++, $i=0;). My files were fairly small, so I'm not sure if it would be appropriate for large files or busy servers. Ed -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/26/07, Edward Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? Todd fgetcsv - http://uk.php.net/fgetcsv Did you even try looking in the manual? Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php When I searched for csv against on php.net I got redirected to http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzeof.php. That isn't exactly obvious is it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/07, Edward Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? Todd fgetcsv - http://uk.php.net/fgetcsv Did you even try looking in the manual? Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php When I searched for csv against on php.net I got redirected to http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzeof.php. That isn't exactly obvious is it? . It seems that some mirrors do that (us2, us3, nl3) but others don't (nl2,fr2,ar2,fr3) Aren't they keeping the same pages? Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
When I searched for csv against on php.net I got redirected to http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzeof.php. That isn't exactly obvious is it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php OK, sorry for being critical. As Tijnema showed, the different mirrors seem to be giving different search results. Searching for 'csv' on http://uk.php.net goes to http://uk.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=csv which clearly lists the suitable functions. It looks as if some of the mirrors are a bit dirty :) Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Edward Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I searched for csv against on php.net I got redirected to http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzeof.php. That isn't exactly obvious is it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php OK, sorry for being critical. As Tijnema showed, the different mirrors seem to be giving different search results. Searching for 'csv' on http://uk.php.net goes to http://uk.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=csv which clearly lists the suitable functions. It looks as if some of the mirrors are a bit dirty :) Edward Some... It looks like it more then half of the mirrors. Seems a small bug in the site, bug report? Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Edward Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I searched for csv against on php.net I got redirected to http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzeof.php. That isn't exactly obvious is it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php OK, sorry for being critical. As Tijnema showed, the different mirrors seem to be giving different search results. Searching for 'csv' on http://uk.php.net goes to http://uk.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=csv which clearly lists the suitable functions. It looks as if some of the mirrors are a bit dirty :) Edward I checked the UK mirror before I posted and noted it went to the correct function. I just wanted to state for anybody looking at this that sometimes people can actually be trying to find out what it is and aren't going to get any help from the site and need a little nudge. Granted some people might not try hard enough but still it is worth considering. =) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though On 4/27/07, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/27/07, Edward Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I searched for csv against on php.net I got redirected to http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzeof.php. That isn't exactly obvious is it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php OK, sorry for being critical. As Tijnema showed, the different mirrors seem to be giving different search results. Searching for 'csv' on http://uk.php.net goes to http://uk.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=csvwhich clearly lists the suitable functions. It looks as if some of the mirrors are a bit dirty :) Edward I checked the UK mirror before I posted and noted it went to the correct function. I just wanted to state for anybody looking at this that sometimes people can actually be trying to find out what it is and aren't going to get any help from the site and need a little nudge. Granted some people might not try hard enough but still it is worth considering. =) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Yeah, that's why I followed-up with saying, I don't see that happening any time soon though Not only would you have unqualified people putting in bad (though not intentionally wrong) information, there would always be the presence of vandalism, as on any other Wiki. The serious problem here, though, is that it's a programming language, so severe havoc could definitely be wreaked. On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut If you can point me where to find the documentation on the CVS server, i might write a patch :) Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut If you can point me where to find the documentation on the CVS server, i might write a patch :) http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/ -Stut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut If you can point me where to find the documentation on the CVS server, i might write a patch :) http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/ -Stut Whoops, didn't realise the doc system was so huge :) I thought it was just a few (1000 max) lines But well, it's a lot more, so somebody with a little bit more experience could better do it :) Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut If you can point me where to find the documentation on the CVS server, i might write a patch :) http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/ -Stut Whoops, didn't realise the doc system was so huge :) I thought it was just a few (1000 max) lines But well, it's a lot more, so somebody with a little bit more experience could better do it :) Note that you don't have to create a patch file. If you want to contribute to the documentation, join that mailing list and start submitting changes. If you do it often enough I'm sure they'll manage to convince you that setting yourself up to submit patch files is worthwhile. -Stut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though There's nothing stopping you submitting patches to the documentation mailing list. As far as I know they welcome decent patches with open arms. A wiki would (IMHO) lead to a general and rapid degradation in the quality of the documentation. -Stut If you can point me where to find the documentation on the CVS server, i might write a patch :) http://doc.php.net/php/dochowto/ -Stut Whoops, didn't realise the doc system was so huge :) I thought it was just a few (1000 max) lines But well, it's a lot more, so somebody with a little bit more experience could better do it :) Note that you don't have to create a patch file. If you want to contribute to the documentation, join that mailing list and start submitting changes. If you do it often enough I'm sure they'll manage to convince you that setting yourself up to submit patch files is worthwhile. -Stut There are more interesting things to do than updating documentation ;) I was wanting to extend the CURLOPT_ constants, but it seemed that nobody had interest in that, so i didn't ... Tijnema -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On Thu, April 26, 2007 3:39 pm, Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? fgetcsv should work... -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On Fri, April 27, 2007 9:45 am, Daniel Brown wrote: Maybe the PHP site itself should be Wiki-fied so that we could just go in ourselves and fix the errors. I don't see that happening any time soon though Gah. php.net as a Wikki would be a nightmare... If you *really* want to fix the errors, grab the docs source from CVS and start figuring out what needs doing and submit patches. The function lookup routine has a whole mess of special case hard-coded lookups that happen before the usual exact match on a function name lookup. I dunno why some of those do the things they do, but if you get a weird re-direct (like CSV - gzeof) then using the search box in the navbar with online documentation instead of function list will almost always get you what you really wanted. -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On Fri, April 27, 2007 1:58 pm, Tijnema ! wrote: There are more interesting things to do than updating documentation ;) I was wanting to extend the CURLOPT_ constants, but it seemed that nobody had interest in that, so i didn't ... I believe the issue here is that having the constants with no body of code to do something useful when the constants would just be counter-productive... -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On 4/27/07, Richard Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, April 27, 2007 1:58 pm, Tijnema ! wrote: There are more interesting things to do than updating documentation ;) I was wanting to extend the CURLOPT_ constants, but it seemed that nobody had interest in that, so i didn't ... I believe the issue here is that having the constants with no body of code to do something useful when the constants would just be counter-productive... Well, actually it was quite simple, adding the constants and adding them to the function that passes it to the curl library and it would work. So it has some extra functionality. So, you might never use them, but somebody else might. Tijnema -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
On Fri, April 27, 2007 2:44 pm, Tijnema ! wrote: On 4/27/07, Richard Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, April 27, 2007 1:58 pm, Tijnema ! wrote: There are more interesting things to do than updating documentation ;) I was wanting to extend the CURLOPT_ constants, but it seemed that nobody had interest in that, so i didn't ... I believe the issue here is that having the constants with no body of code to do something useful when the constants would just be counter-productive... Well, actually it was quite simple, adding the constants and adding them to the function that passes it to the curl library and it would work. So it has some extra functionality. So, you might never use them, but somebody else might. In that case, if you submit a patch, it will almost-for-sure go in. -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Many thanks! I must be losing my eyesight! There it is and it works as expected...great. Todd Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, April 26, 2007 3:39 pm, Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? fgetcsv should work... -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523
[PHP] Parsing CSV files
Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.str-getcsv.php Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? Todd http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parsing CSV files
Todd Cary wrote: Is there a function that can parse a comma delimited file into an array? Todd fgetcsv - http://uk.php.net/fgetcsv Did you even try looking in the manual? Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
