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I need to create a CSV file from a PHP array, I'm aware of the fputcsv() function. I've a recollection that a better function exists for this kind of stuff but I can't find it nor remember it's name.

Does anyone know of such function or am I imagining?

I might be making some confusion with the fgetcsv() function and the str_getcsv() equivalent.

Alix Axel
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fputcsv is to write an array into a file with CSV format. fgetcsv is to read data from a file with CSV format and convert it into an array. And str_getcsv is to convert a string in CSV format into an array.

So fputcsv and fgetcsv are their respective inverses. And fgetcsv could be a function that uses str_getcsv.

Gumbo
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  • I know that, but `fgetcsv()` is to `str_getcsv()` as `fputcsv()` is to `...`? – Alix Axel Jan 25 '10 at 07:54
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    @Alix Axel: Ah, now I get what you’re asking form. Well, PHP has no such function. But there are some suggestions in the comments to http://php.net/str_getcsv that use a temporary stream buffer that can be written with `fputcsv` and then be read. – Gumbo Jan 25 '10 at 07:58
  • Something that converts a an array into a CSV string but PHP isn't really well known for it's stdlib API design and I can't seem to find an actual function that does this. – Noufal Ibrahim Jan 25 '10 at 07:58
  • Sorry, sometimes I've some trouble expressing myself well in English. Thanks for the confirmation though, my brain tricked me on this one. =) – Alix Axel Jan 25 '10 at 08:02