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bentools/csviterator
====================

An easy way to iterate over a CSV file

2.0.1(10y ago)1643MITPHPPHP >=5.3

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CSVIterator
-----------

[](#csviterator)

An easy way to iterate over a CSV file. Consider the example "example.csv"

```
"FirstName";"LastName";"City"
"Bill";"Gates";"Seattle"
"Steve";"Jobs";"Palo Alto"

```

Example usage :

```
$csv    =    new \BenTools\CSVIterator\CSVIterator('example.csv', ';');
foreach ($csv as $row)
    var_dump($row);
```

Outputs :

```
array (size=3)
    0 => string 'FirstName' (length=9)
    1 => string 'LastName' (length=8)
    2 => string 'City' (length=4)

array (size=3)
    0 => string 'Bill' (length=4)
    1 => string 'Gates' (length=5)
    2 => string 'Seattle' (length=7)

array (size=3)
    0 => string 'Steve' (length=5)
    1 => string 'Jobs' (length=4)
    2 => string 'Palo Alto' (length=9)

```

CSVIteratorExtended
-------------------

[](#csviteratorextended)

An extension to CSV Iterator taking the first row as keys.

```
$csv    =    new BenTools\CSVIterator\CSVIteratorExtended(new \BenTools\CSVIterator\CSVIterator('example.csv', ';'));
foreach ($csv as $row)
    var_dump($row);
```

Outputs :

```
array (size=3)
    'FirstName' => string 'Bill' (length=4)
    'LastName' => string 'Gates' (length=5)
    'City' => string 'Seattle' (length=7)

array (size=3)
    'FirstName' => string 'Steve' (length=5)
    'LastName' => string 'Jobs' (length=4)
    'City' => string 'Palo Alto' (length=9)

```

You can optionnally pass a callable as a 2nd argument to ensure you have php-friendly keys :

```
$csv    =    new BenTools\CSVIterator\CSVIteratorExtended(new \BenTools\CSVIterator\CSVIterator('example.csv', ';'), 'strtolower');
foreach ($csv as $row)
    var_dump($row);
```

Outputs :

```
array (size=3)
    'firstname' => string 'Bill' (length=4)
    'lastname' => string 'Gates' (length=5)
    'city' => string 'Seattle' (length=7)

array (size=3)
    'firstname' => string 'Steve' (length=5)
    'lastname' => string 'Jobs' (length=4)
    'city' => string 'Palo Alto' (length=9)

```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add the following line into your composer.json :

```
{
    "require": {
        "bentools/csviterator": "dev-master"
    }
}

```

Enjoy.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~32 days

Recently: every ~64 days

Total

9

Last Release

3954d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.5 → 2.02015-07-13

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0PHP >=5

v1.0.5PHP >=5.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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