Parse CSV into Associative Array

parse-csv.php

<?php

$lines = explode( "\n", file_get_contents( 'input.csv' ) );
$headers = str_getcsv( array_shift( $lines ) );
$data = array();
foreach ( $lines as $line ) {

	$row = array();

	foreach ( str_getcsv( $line ) as $key => $field )
		$row[ $headers[ $key ] ] = $field;

	$row = array_filter( $row );

	$data[] = $row;

}

This is very helpful. Thank you!

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It is not a good method to load the whole file into memory. If you have a large file, your application will slow down or you will need a lot of RAM. The better way is to read and process the file line by line.