How to print rows of CSV file with PHP?

Here’s the code that I’m using, but it doesn’t output exactly what I want.

<?php
$file = fopen("ad.csv","r");

while(! feof($file))
  {
  print_r(fgetcsv($file));
  }

fclose($file);
?>

Here’s what it outputs currently:

Array ( [0] => cn [1] => mail [2] => telephonenumber [3] => uid ) Array ( [0] => [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => admin [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => Isaac Newton [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => newton ) Array ( [0] => Albert Einstein [1] => [e-mail] [2] => 314-159-2653 [3] => einstein ) Array ( [0] => Nikola Tesla [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => tesla ) Array ( [0] => Galileo Galilei [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => galieleo ) Array ( [0] => Leonhard Euler [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => euler ) Array ( [0] => Carl Friedrich Gauss [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => gauss ) Array ( [0] => Bernhard Riemann [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => riemann ) Array ( [0] => Euclid [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => euclid ) Array ( [0] => Mathematicians [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => Scientists [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => read-only-admin [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => Italians [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => Test [1] => [2] => [3] => test ) Array ( [0] => Chemists [1] => [2] => [3] => ) Array ( [0] => Marie Curie [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => curie ) Array ( [0] => Alfred Nobel [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => nobel ) Array ( [0] => Robert Boyle [1] => [e-mail] [2] => 999-867-5309 [3] => boyle ) Array ( [0] => Louis Pasteur [1] => [e-mail] [2] => 602-214-4978 [3] => pasteur ) Array ( [0] => No Group [1] => [e-mail] [2] => [3] => nogroup ) Array ( [0] => FS Training [1] => [e-mail] [2] => 888-111-2222 [3] => training ) Array ( [0] => FS Training [1] => [e-mail] [2] => 888-111-2222 [3] => jmacy )

In other words, it’s almost as if it’s adding all my CSV data into a multidimensional array…

What I want is to just output it as I see it like so:

cn,mail,telephonenumber,uid
,,,
admin,,,
"Isaac Newton",[e-mail],,newton
"Albert Einstein",[e-mail],314-159-2653,einstein
"Nikola Tesla",[e-mail],,tesla
"Galileo Galilei",[e-mail],,galieleo
"Leonhard Euler",[e-mail],,euler
"Carl Friedrich Gauss",[e-mail],,gauss
"Bernhard Riemann",[e-mail],,riemann
Euclid,[e-mail],,euclid
Mathematicians,,,
Scientists,,,
read-only-admin,,,
Italians,,,
Test,,,test
Chemists,,,
"Marie Curie",[e-mail],,curie
"Alfred Nobel",[e-mail],,nobel
"Robert Boyle",[e-mail],999-867-5309,boyle
"Louis Pasteur",[e-mail],602-214-4978,pasteur
"No Group",[e-mail],,nogroup
"FS Training",[e-mail],888-111-2222,training
"FS Training",[e-mail],888-111-2222,jmacy

Answer

How to parse a CSV file using PHP has interesting suggestions

btw in php 7.2 this would work too:

    <?php
    $row = 1;
    if (($handle = fopen("ad.csv", "r")) !== FALSE) {
        while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
            echo ($data[0].",".$data[1].",".$data[2].",".$data[3]."n");
        }
        fclose($handle);
    }
    ?>

also, the quotes on the .csv data should enclose all data such as:

"Isaac Newton","[e-mail]",,"newton"
"Albert Einstein","[e-mail]","314-159-2653","einstein"
"Nikola Tesla","[e-mail]",,"tesla"
"Galileo Galilei","[e-mail]",,"galieleo"