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First element in a while loop?


I am writing a PHP script that imports a csv and inserts into a table but i need to get the first row so i can have the field names..here is my csv

id  artist          song           
11  NewBee          great stuff
10  anotherNewbee   even better   
6    NewArtist       New song

As you can see the first row is the name of the fields that i need. here is my loop

$handle = fopen('csvs/'.$_FILES["csv"]["name"], 'r');

while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ',')) !== FALSE) {
 print_r($data); 
 //do something with it but i need the first time around 


 array(3) { [0]=> string(2) "id" [1]=> string(6) "artist" [2]=> string(4) "song" } 
 array(3) { [0]=> string(2) "11" [1]=> string(6) "NewBee" [2]=> string(1) "great stuff" }  
 array(3) { [0]=> string(2) "10" [1]=> string(13) "anotherNewbee" [2]=> string(1) "even better"} 

How do i get the first and put them in variables and continue the loop of the data using those fields in an insert statement


Solution

  • Would this work for you?

    $row = 1;
    
    while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ',')) !== FALSE) {
        if($row == 1) {
            // do something
        }
        else
        {
            // do something
        }
    
        ++$row;
    }