Backdrop import user from csv

backdrop_import_user.php

<?php


function MYMODULE_import() {
  // Path relative to document root
  $csv_filepath = backdrop_get_path('module', 'MYMODULE');
  $csv_filepath .= '/user_list.csv';

  if ($handle = fopen($csv_filepath, 'r') ) {
    // Read from CSV
    $line_count = 1;
    $user_list = array();
    while ($line = fgetcsv($handle, 4096)) {
      if (!$line_count > 1) { // 1st line is header
        $account = array(
          'name' => $line[0],
          'phone' => $line[1],
          'mail' => $line[2],
          'some_date' => $line[3], // should be like 2017-12-30 00:00:00
        );
        $user_list[] = $account;
      }
      $line_count++;
    }
    fclose($handle);

    // Create users
    if (!empty($user_list)) {
      foreach($user_list as $account) {
        
        $new_user = new User();
        $new_user->name = $account['name'];
        $new_user->pass = user_password(20);
        $new_user->mail = $account['mail'];
        $new_user->init = $account['mail'];
        $new_user->status = 1;
        $new_user->created = REQUEST_TIME;
        $new_user->data = array(
          'contact' => FALSE
        );
        
        $new_user->roles = array(
          'member', // Role machine name
        );

        $new_user->field_adherent = array(
          LANGUAGE_NONE => array(
            0 => array(
              'value' => 1,
            ),
          ),
        );

        $new_user->field_name = array(
          LANGUAGE_NONE => array(
            0 => array(
              'value' => $account['name'],
            ),
          ),
        );

        $new_user->field_phone = array(
          LANGUAGE_NONE => array(
            0 => array(
              'value' => $account['phone'],
            ),
          ),
        );

        $new_user->field_some_date = array(
          LANGUAGE_NONE => array(
            0 => array(
              'value' => $account['some_date'],
              'timezone' => 'Europe/Paris',
              'timezone_db' => 'Europe/Paris',
              'date_type' => 'datetime'
            ),
          ),
        );

        $new_user->save();
      }
    }
  }

  return "import";
}