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source: https://jimeh.me/blog/2006/code-yard-and-php-csv-parser/
date: 2006-11-23
updatedDate: 2007-06-05
archive: zhuoqe.org
tags:
  - development
  - php
---

# Code Yard and PHP CSV Parser

Today i've setup a new project, called Code Yard. All it really is, is a
Subversion repository for me to collect all my small random pieces of code
(classes,...

Today i've setup a new project, called
[Code Yard](http://zhuoqe.org/svn/codeyard/trunk/) (dead link). All it really
is, is a Subversion repository for me to collect all my small random pieces of
code (classes, functions, etc.) which i reuse every now and then. It's purpose
is to let me more easily manage all the small pieces of code currently spread
out a bit all over the place in old and current projects, and to allow others
who might find my code useful, or just save them 5 minutes of work :)

And with that explained, the first piece of code i've added is a PHP class
called [parseCSV](http://zhuoqe.org/svn/codeyard/trunk/php/classes/parseCSV/)
(dead link). I've recently written this class for a small project i'm working
on, i was quite surprised to find that there was a quite lack of CSV support in
PHP, and an even larger vacuum of 3rd party classes available that fully
supports the most common types of CSV files.

Hence i wrote parseCSV to be fully compatible with the
[Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values)
available on the topic. Which also seems to be the exact CSV formatting MS Excel
uses for example. I based my class on the processing concept of
[Ming Hong Ng's CsvFileParser](http://minghong.blogspot.com/2006/07/csv-parser-for-php.html)
class.