str_getcsv into a multidimensional array in php

Question

I have csv values like this:

$csv_data = "test,this,thing              hi,there,this              is,cool,dude              have,fun"; 

I want to take an entire CSV string and read it into a multidemensional array so that I get:

array(    array(       'test' => 'hi',       'this' => 'there',       'thing' => 'this'    ),    array(       'test' => 'is',       'this' => 'cool',       'thing' => 'dude'    ),    array(       'test' => 'have',       'this' => 'fun',       'thing' => ''    ) ); 

I want an output like that, take note that the CSV value is dynamic.

Answer 1

Assuming every row in the CSV data has the same number of columns, this should work.

$lines = explode("\n", $csv_data); $head = str_getcsv(array_shift($lines));  $array = array(); foreach ($lines as $line) {     $array[] = array_combine($head, str_getcsv($line)); } 

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If lines have a variable number of columns (as in your example, where the last line has 2 columns instead of 3), use this loop instead:

foreach ($lines as $line) {     $row = array_pad(str_getcsv($line), count($head), '');     $array[] = array_combine($head, $row); }