---
title: "Read a CSV to Array in PHP"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/read-a-csv-to-array-in-php-vyo985jbc
source_url: https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/read-a-csv-to-array-in-php--cms-39471
type: article
source: "Tuts+"
published: 2021-12-31T04:27:49.061Z
updated: 2021-12-31T04:27:49.062Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 11
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Read a CSV to Array in PHP

**[Tuts\+](https://daily.dev/sources/tuts_plus)** · 5 min read · 11 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

In this article, we'll learn how to read and print a simple CSV file. We'll use fopen() and fgetcsv() to read the contents of a CSV file, then we'll convert it into an array using the array_map() and str_get CSV() functions. The words found in the file are then looped through and printed into an HTML table.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@cyberjack** · 2 upvotes

> Memory heavy ways to read CSV files. When the files are too big, these methods will most likely cause some problems.
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> On top of that, the chances that you need a line read from CSV more than once, are slim to zero. Storing everything into an array is plain overkill and is therefore almost never needed.
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> To solve this in a memory friendly way, you can use the CSV reader in [SplFileObject](https://www.php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.fgetcsv.php), which uses an iterator. You can also modify the `csvToArray` function from the 2nd example and start using a...

**@t0ny** · 1 upvotes

> Looks more like a how-to for creating a xss vulnerability. Probably worth calling out how bad it would be to use that code without sanitizing the html table data.

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