A PHP function to parse CSV file into big array. The 3rd parameter accepts an array of column names.

parse_csv.php

<?php

/**
 * parse_csv
 * parse CSV file into big array
 *
 * @param string $file
 * @param string $separator
 * @param array $meta
 * @return array
 */
function parse_csv($file, $separator=',', $meta=array()) {
    $count = 0;
    $data = array();

    if (($fp = fopen($file, 'r')) !== false ) {
        while (($row = fgetcsv($fp, 1024, $separator)) !== false) {
            if ($count === 0 && empty($meta) && strpos($row, '#') !== false) {
                $meta = $row;
                $meta = array_map(create_function('$s', 'return str_replace("#", "", $s);'), $meta);
            }
            $data[] = empty($meta) ? $row : array_combine($meta, $row);
            $count++;
        }
        fclose($fp);
    }

    return $data;
}