How to fetch csv data using SplFileObject in Laravel 5.4 - php

Question

I have a CSV file named beatles.csv that has the following contents on each cell:
John,Paul,George,Ringo
In vanilla PHP, this code works without issue (CSV file is in the same location as the script):
$data = 'beatles.csv';
$file = new SplFileObject($data);
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
foreach ($file as $row) {
echo $row[0].'<br>'; // outputs John
}
In Laravel 5.4, I created a folder named MyDomainName under the app folder and I put the CSV file there so its namespaced as follows:
use App\MyDomainName;
And the content of my method on the controller which should fetch the CSV data is as follow:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\MyDomainName;
class PageController extends Controller
{
public function fetchCSV()
{
$file = new SplFileObject('beatles.csv');
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
foreach ($file as $row){
dd($row[0]);
}
}
}
And I get this issue:
FatalThrowableError in PageController.php line 67:
Class 'App\Http\Controllers\SplFileObject' not found
I thought that by using use App\MyDomainName; it will solve the issue but still it didn't solve it.
I have also explicitly use the full path but still it didn't work.
$file = new \App\MyDomainName\SplFileObject('App\MyDomainName\beatles.csv');
and I still get the same error:
FatalThrowableError in PageController.php line 67:
Class 'App\MyDomainName\SplFileObject' not found
What could be the issue why is it that the SplFileObject class cannot be found?

Answer 1

In your fetchCSV method replace this code
$file = new \SplFileObject('beatles.csv');
I've faced the same use. You just need to add the forward-slash before SplFileObject()

Answer 2

thanks #Mark Baker, the issue is now solved:
public function fetchCSV()
{
$file = new \SplFileObject('../App/MyDomainName/beatles.csv');
$file->setFlags(\SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
foreach ($file as $row){
dd($row[0]); // outputs "John"
}
}