fopen() and fgetcsv()

mantrid

I am using fopen() and fgetcsv() to open an excel file and extract data for
upload to mysql database. The doesnt seem to be a parameter in either of
these functions for ommitting the first row of the excel file. I am
currently using While ...... statement to read the rows and do things with
them. Can I ommit the first line without replacing my 'While....' loop with
a 'For......' loop?

Ian

Michael

mantrid wrote:
> I am using fopen() and fgetcsv() to open an excel file and extract data for
> upload to mysql database. The doesnt seem to be a parameter in either of
> these functions for ommitting the first row of the excel file. I am
> currently using While ...... statement to read the rows and do things with
> them. Can I ommit the first line without replacing my 'While....' loop with
> a 'For......' loop?
>
> Ian
>
>

Certainly, take your pick, both should work fine:

$i = 0;
while ($i++ && false !== $data = fgetcsv($fh, 1024)) {
if ($i == 1)
continue;
print_r($data);
}


$firstline = true;
while (false !== $data = fgetcsv($fh, 1024)) {
if ($firstline == true) {
$firstline = false;
continue;
}
print_r($data);
}


- Michael

Michael

mantrid wrote:
> I am using fopen() and fgetcsv() to open an excel file and extract data for
> upload to mysql database. The doesnt seem to be a parameter in either of
> these functions for ommitting the first row of the excel file. I am
> currently using While ...... statement to read the rows and do things with
> them. Can I ommit the first line without replacing my 'While....' loop with
> a 'For......' loop?
>
> Ian
>
>

Certainly, take your pick, both should work fine:

$i = 0;
while ($i++ && false !== $data = fgetcsv($fh, 1024)) {
if ($i == 1)
continue;
print_r($data);
}


$firstline = true;
while (false !== $data = fgetcsv($fh, 1024)) {
if ($firstline == true) {
$firstline = false;
continue;
}
print_r($data);
}


- Michael