PHP Snippets

Parse a csv file in PHP (from php.net)

$csv = array_map('str_getcsv', file('data.csv'));

array(1319) {
  [0] =>
  array(1) {
    [0] =>
    string(9) "my_header"
  }
  [1] =>
  array(1) {
    [0] =>
    string(19) "row_1_09830459803495"
  }
  [2] =>
  array(1) {
    [0] =>
    string(19) "row_2_ 09830459875839"
  }

Grabbing command line arguments from a PHP script

• getopt (php.net)

$shortopts  = "";
$shortopts .= "f:";  // Required value
$shortopts .= "v::"; // Optional value
$shortopts .= "abc"; // These options do not accept values

$longopts  = array(
    "required:",     // Required value
    "optional::",    // Optional value
    "option",        // No value
    "opt",           // No value
);
$options = getopt($shortopts, $longopts);

php example.php -f "value for f" -v -a --required value --optional="optional value" --option

array(6) {
  ["f"]=>
  string(11) "value for f"
  ["v"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["a"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["required"]=>
  string(5) "value"
  ["optional"]=>
  string(14) "optional value"
  ["option"]=>
  bool(false)
}