Get first element from array using key - php

Question

I am very new to PHP (coming from JS) so am having trouble debugging this issue.
I have imported a .csv to render to a html table and am trying to retrieve a column so I can order the table. The table contains 5 headings (Date, TransactionNumber, CustomerNumber, Reference, Amount). I can retrieve all of the values except the Date column. That just returns an empty value.
<?php
$rows = array_map('str_getcsv', file('BankTransactions.csv'));
$header = array_shift($rows);
$csv = array();
foreach ($rows as $row) {
$csv[] = array_combine($header, $row);
}
print_r($csv[0]['Date']);
print_r("\n")
?>
// .csv
Date,TransactionNumber,CustomerNumber,Reference,Amount
2016-12-10 1:54PM,NUF5V6PT3U,5156,Purchase at JB HiFi,-2498
2016-12-4 4:54AM,J82964EFPS,2347,Refund,5424
2016-12-12 5:25PM,ZUFBQGCKTK,5683,Fee Refund,254
2016-12-01 12:00AM,XHNCASYLBR,2347,Purchase at Coles,-8873
2016-11-23 10:34PM,S98EBHDWG3,3423,Wages,198700
2017-09-23 9:34AM,MPNQYKVJ3G,4657,Purchase at Chemist Warehouse,-584
2015-11-23 10:34PM,74CQKEGSHB,2173,Refund,-3514
2015-11-23 10:35PM,WPTJMNVH4U,4527,Purchase at Hungry Monkey,45245
2017-01-01 12:00AM,U6BD3M75FD,7577,Interest,2778
// Array received from `.csv`
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Date] => 2016-12-10 1:54PM
[TransactionNumber] => NUF5V6PT3U
[CustomerNumber] => 5156
[Reference] => Purchase at JB HiFi
[Amount] => -2498
)
[1] => Array
(
[Date] => 2016-12-4 4:54AM
[TransactionNumber] => J82964EFPS
[CustomerNumber] => 2347
[Reference] => Refund
[Amount] => 5424
)
[2] => Array
(
[Date] => 2016-12-12 5:25PM
[TransactionNumber] => ZUFBQGCKTK
[CustomerNumber] => 5683
[Reference] => Fee Refund
[Amount] => 254
)
[3] => Array
(
[Date] => 2016-12-01 12:00AM
[TransactionNumber] => XHNCASYLBR
[CustomerNumber] => 2347
[Reference] => Purchase at Coles
[Amount] => -8873
)
[4] => Array
(
[Date] => 2016-11-23 10:34PM
[TransactionNumber] => S98EBHDWG3
[CustomerNumber] => 3423
[Reference] => Wages
[Amount] => 198700
)
[5] => Array
(
[Date] => 2017-09-23 9:34AM
[TransactionNumber] => MPNQYKVJ3G
[CustomerNumber] => 4657
[Reference] => Purchase at Chemist Warehouse
[Amount] => -584
)
[6] => Array
(
[Date] => 2015-11-23 10:34PM
[TransactionNumber] => 74CQKEGSHB
[CustomerNumber] => 2173
[Reference] => Refund
[Amount] => -3514
)
[7] => Array
(
[Date] => 2015-11-23 10:35PM
[TransactionNumber] => WPTJMNVH4U
[CustomerNumber] => 4527
[Reference] => Purchase at Hungry Monkey
[Amount] => 45245
)
[8] => Array
(
[Date] => 2017-01-01 12:00AM
[TransactionNumber] => U6BD3M75FD
[CustomerNumber] => 7577
[Reference] => Interest
[Amount] => 2778
)
)

Answer 1

Your CSV file is probably encoded in UTF-8 with a BOM, Byte Order Mark.
PHP does (still) not handle BOMs properly when reading files, so the very first line you read from the file will still contain it at the start, and therefor the first column value will also still contain it. So your key inside the $csv array is not actually Date, but [BOM]Date, but you don’t see that in the print_r output (a BOM isn’t actually “visible” per se.)
See How to remove multiple UTF-8 BOM sequences or https://gist.github.com/chrisguitarguy/6096271 for suggestions how the BOM can be removed.

Answer 2

You need to fetch the transaction for each field. Here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php
I am using the exact same CSV file and made a solution for an interview.
The CSV file's can be tested on the below link:
https://paduademo.azurewebsites.net/
<?php foreach ($transactions as $transaction) : ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $transaction['Date']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $transaction['TransactionNumber']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo ($transaction['Valid'])? 'Yes': 'No'; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $transaction['CustomerNumber']; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $transaction['Reference']; ?></td>
<td><span class="<?php echo ($transaction['type'] == 'Credit')? 'text-danger': 'text-success'; ?>"><?php echo (($transaction['type'] == 'Credit')? '-': '') . '$' . $transaction['Amount']; ?></span></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
The screenshot is below: