CSV

Csv is a simple library to ease CSV parsing, writing and filtering in PHP. The goal of the library is to be powerful while remaining lightweight, by utilizing PHP native classes whenever possible.

Highlights

• Simple API
• Read and Write to CSV documents in a memory efficient and scalable way
• Support PHP stream filtering capabilities
• Transform CSV documents into popular format (JSON, XML or HTML)
• Fully documented
• Fully unit tested
• Framework-agnostic

Documentation

Full documentation can be found at csv.thephpleague.com.

System Requirements

You need PHP >= 7.4 and the mbstring extension to use Csv but the latest stable version of PHP is recommended.

Install

Install Csv using Composer.

composer require league/csv

Configuration

Warning: If your CSV document was created or is read on a Macintosh computer, add the following lines before using the library to help PHP detect line ending.

if (!ini_get("auto_detect_line_endings")) {
    ini_set("auto_detect_line_endings", '1');
}

Testing

League\Csv has a :

• a PHPUnit test suite
• a coding style compliance test suite using PHP CS Fixer.
• a code analysis compliance test suite using PHPStan.

To run the tests, run the following command from the project folder.

composer test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and will be fully credited. Please see CONTRIBUTING and CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits

• ignace nyamagana butera
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE for more information.