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CSV

CSV Data manipulation
made easy in PHP

composer require league/csv:^9.18.0
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Highlights

The library was designed for developers who want to deal with CSV data using modern code and without the high levels of bootstrap and low-levels of usefulness provided by existing core functions or third-party code.

Simple API

Framework-agnostic

Support PHP Stream filtering capabilities

Transform CSV documents into JSON, XML or HTML

Read and Write to CSV documents in
a memory efficient and scalable way

!

Once a new major version is released, the previous stable release remains supported for six more months with patches and security fixes.

Features

Accessing CSV documents records

Reader, the read only connection object enables accessing CSV records easily

use League\Csv\Reader;

//load the CSV document from a file path
$csv = Reader::createFromPath('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv', 'r');
$csv->setHeaderOffset(0);

$header = $csv->getHeader(); //returns the CSV header record

//returns all the records as
$records = $csv->getRecords(); // an Iterator object containing arrays
$records = $csv->getRecordsAsObject(MyDTO::class); //an Iterator object containing MyDTO objects

echo $csv->toString(); //returns the CSV document as a string

Adding new CSV records is made simple

Writer, the write only connection object enables adding one or more records in one call.

use League\Csv\Writer;

$header = ['first name', 'last name', 'email'];
$records = [
    [1, 2, 3],
    ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
    ['john', 'doe', 'john.doe@example.com'],
];

//load the CSV document from a string
$csv = Writer::createFromString();

//insert the header
$csv->insertOne($header);

//insert all the records
$csv->insertAll($records);

echo $csv->toString(); //returns the CSV document as a string

Advanced CSV records selection

Statement, the constraint builder object ease CSV records selection

use League\Csv\Reader;
use League\Csv\Statement;

//load the CSV document from a stream
$stream = fopen('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv', 'r');
$csv = Reader::createFromStream($stream);
$csv->setDelimiter(';');
$csv->setHeaderOffset(0);

//build a statement
$stmt = Statement::create()
    ->offset(10)
    ->limit(25);

//query your records from the document
$records = $stmt->process($csv);
foreach ($records as $record) {
    //do something here
}

CSV documents converters

Different converters objects ease transforming your CSV documents into other popular formats

use League\Csv\Reader;
use League\Csv\XMLConverter;

//load the CSV document from a SplFileObject
$file = new SplFileObject('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv', 'r');
$csv = Reader::createFromFileObject($file);

$converter = XMLConverter::create()
    ->rootElement('csv')
    ->recordElement('record', 'offset')
    ->fieldElement('field', 'name');

$dom = $converter->convert($csv);
$dom->formatOutput = true;
$dom->encoding = 'iso-8859-15';

echo '<pre>', PHP_EOL;
echo htmlentities($dom->saveXML());
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-15"?>
// <csv>
//   ...
//   <record offset="71">
//     <field name="prenoms">Anaïs</field>
//     <field name="nombre">137</field>
//     <field name="sexe">F</field>
//     <field name="annee">2004</field>
//   </record>
//   ...
//   <record offset="1099">
//     <field name="prenoms">Anaïs</field>
//     <field name="nombre">124</field>
//     <field name="sexe">F</field>
//     <field name="annee">2005</field>
//   </record>
// </csv>

Supports PHP Stream filter API

PHP stream filters can directly be used to ease manipulating CSV document

use League\Csv\Reader;

$csv = Reader::createFromPath('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv', 'r');
$csv->setHeaderOffset(0);

$input_bom = $csv->getInputBOM();

if ($input_bom === Reader::BOM_UTF16_LE || $input_bom === Reader::BOM_UTF16_BE) {
    $csv->addStreamFilter('convert.iconv.UTF-16/UTF-8');
}

foreach ($csv as $record) {
    //all fields from the record are converted from UTF-16 into UTF-8 charset
    //and the BOM sequence is removed
}