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shuchkin/simplecsv
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Parse and retrieve data from CSV files. Export data to CSV.

1.0.1(2y ago)5192.4k↓19.1%15[5 issues](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplecsv/issues)MITPHP

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SimpleCSV class 1.0
===================

[](#simplecsv-class-10)

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Parse and retrieve data from CSV files. Save array to CSV file. See XLSX reader [here](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexlsx), XLS reader [here](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplexls),

**Sergey Shuchkin**  2015-2023

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
if ( $csv = Shuchkin\SimpleCSV::parse('book.csv') ) {
	print_r( $csv->rows() );
}
```

```
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => ISBN
            [1] => title
            [2] => author
            [3] => publisher
            [4] => ctry
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => 618260307
            [1] => The Hobbit
            [2] => J. R. R. Tolkien
            [3] => Houghton Mifflin
            [4] => USA
        )

)

```

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install this library is [through Composer](https://getcomposer.org). [New to Composer?](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)

This will install the latest supported version:

```
$ composer require shuchkin/simplecsv
```

or download class [here](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplecsv/blob/master/src/SimpleCSV.php)

### Debug

[](#debug)

```
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL );
ini_set('display_errors', 1 );

$csv = Shuchkin\SimpleCSV::import('books.csv');
print_r( $csv->rows() );
```

### Export

[](#export)

```
$items = [
	['ISBN', 'title', 'author'],
	['618260307','The Hobbit','J. R. R. Tolkien']
];
$csv = Shuchkin\SimpleCSV::export( $items );
echo '' . $csv . '';
/*
ISBN,title,author
618260307,The Hobbit,J. R. R. Tolkien
*/
```

History
-------

[](#history)

1.0 (2023-08-27)

- used namespace now: Shuchkin\\SimpleCSV
- fixed delimiter detection

0.2 (2023-07-27)

- fix 8x deprication [Passing null to parametr](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplecsv/issues/5)
- added static methods SimpleCSV::parse, SimpleCSV::parseFile, SimpleCSV::parseData

0.1.1 (2021-04-28) fix 7.4 deprication [error](https://github.com/shuchkin/simplecsv/issues/1)
0.1 (2018-12-20) GitHub realese, composer

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**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 ~288 days

Recently: every ~232 days

Total

6

Last Release

916d ago

Major Versions

0.2.x-dev → 1.02023-08-26

### Community

Maintainers

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