How to parse CSV with values that contain a comma?

Question

Assuming you have a string as follows:

$str = 'one value, two value, "three, cool value", four value';

How would you make it an array as follows:

$arr = array('one value', 'two value', 'three, cool value', 'four value');

(That's all about CSV and values that contain a comma and thus are double quoted.)

Answer 1

If you are really parsing it from a string, use str_getcsv.

If you are reading data from a file, use fgetcsv.

Answer 2

You can use str_getcsv

$str = 'one value, two value, "three, cool value", four value';
var_dump(str_getcsv($str));                                     

Results:

array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(9) "one value"
  [1]=>
  string(9) "two value"
  [2]=>
  string(17) "three, cool value"
  [3]=>
  string(10) "four value"
}