php-doc-en/reference/filesystem/functions/fputcsv.xml

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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.fputcsv">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>fputcsv</refname>
  <refpurpose>Format line as CSV and write to file pointer</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>fputcsv</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>fields</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>delimiter</parameter><initializer>','</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>enclosure</parameter><initializer>'"'</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>fputcsv</function> formats a line (passed as a
   <parameter>fields</parameter> array) as CSV and write it (terminated by a
   newline) to the specified file <parameter>handle</parameter>. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>handle</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      &fs.validfp.all;
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>fields</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An array of values.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>delimiter</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The optional <parameter>delimiter</parameter> parameter sets the field
       delimiter (one character only).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>enclosure</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The optional <parameter>enclosure</parameter> parameter sets the field
       enclosure (one character only).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the length of the written string&return.falseforfailure;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>fputcsv</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$list = array (
    array('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'dddd'),
    array('123', '456', '789'),
    array('"aaa"', '"bbb"')
);

$fp = fopen('file.csv', 'w');

foreach ($list as $fields) {
    fputcsv($fp, $fields);
}

fclose($fp);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    <para>The above example will write the following to <literal>file.csv</literal>:</para>
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
aaa,bbb,ccc,dddd
123,456,789
"""aaa""","""bbb"""

]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  &note.line-endings;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>fgetcsv</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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