Bundled insertion helpers

Column consistency validator

The League\Csv\ColumnConsistency class validates the inserted record column count consistency.

This class constructor accepts a single argument $column_count which sets the column count value and validates each record length against the given value. If the value differs, a CannotInsertRecord exception will be thrown.

If $column_count equals -1, the object will lazy set the column count value according to the next inserted record and therefore will also validate it. On the next insert, if the given value differs, a CannotInsertRecord exception is triggered. At any given time you can retrieve the column count value using the ColumnConsistency::getColumnCount method.

use League\Csv\Writer;
use League\Csv\ColumnConsistency;

$validator = new ColumnConsistency();
$writer = Writer::createFromPath('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv');
$writer->addValidator($validator, 'column_consistency');
$validator->getColumnCount(); //returns -1
$writer->insertOne(["foo", "bar", "baz"]);
$validator->getColumnCount(); //returns 3
$writer->insertOne(["foo", "bar"]); //will trigger a CannotInsertRecord exception

The default column count is set to -1.

Charset formatter

League\Csv\CharsetConverter will help you encode your records depending on your settings.

use League\Csv\CharsetConverter;
use League\Csv\Writer;

$writer = Writer::createFromPath('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv');
$formatter = (new CharsetConverter())
    ->inputEncoding('utf-8')
    ->outputEncoding('iso-8859-15')
;
$writer->addFormatter($formatter);
$writer->insertOne(["foo", "bébé", "jouet"]);
//all 'utf-8' characters are now automatically encoded into 'iso-8859-15' charset

If your Writer object supports PHP stream filters then it’s recommended to use the CharsetConverter object via the library stream filtering mechanism instead, as shown below:

use League\Csv\CharsetConverter;
use League\Csv\Writer;

$writer = Writer::createFromPath('/path/to/your/csv/file.csv');
CharsetConverter::addTo($writer, 'utf-8', 'iso-8859-15');

$writer->insertOne(["foo", "bébé", "jouet"]);
//all 'utf-8' characters are now automatically encoded into 'iso-8859-15' charset