Why is fgetcsv skipping the first row? - php

Question

I'm using the php function fgetcsv() to read from a csv file. The structure of the csv file is such that, the very first row contains the data I want to import as opposed to the column title. I'd like to import from the very first row but I'm noticing that the first row is being ignored.
If I leave the first row empty, the same behavior persists. It is only when I add some dummy data in the first row's cells that the second row which contains the data I want to be imported actually gets imported and all other rows after that are imported as would be expected.
<?php
$handle = fopen($_FILES['materials']['tmp_name'], "r");
$data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",");
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
if($this->checkMaterialsDuplicate($data[3]) != false) {
Session::setSession('import_failure', 'The Materials for TX '.
$this->_tx_no.' have already been added.');
Helper::redirect('?section=store&subsection=import_design&page=import_design');
}
echo "<pre>";print_r($data);echo "</pre>";exit;
$this->_fields[] = 'implicit_qty_of_fittings';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[1]);
$this->_fields[] = 'qty_of_desired_materials';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[2]);
$this->_fields[] = 'tx_no';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[3]);
$this->_fields[] = 'contractor_name';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[4]);
$this->_fields[] = 'contractor_id';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[5]);
$this->_fields[] = 'issue_date';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[6]);
$this->_fields[] = 'due_date';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[7]);
$this->_fields[] = 'fitting_id';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[8]);
$this->_fields[] = 'qty_multiplied_fittings';
$this->_values[] = $this->db->escape($data[9]);
$this->_fields[] = 'imported';
$this->_values[] = 1;
$sql = "INSERT INTO `{$this->_table_6}` (`";
$sql .= implode("`, `", $this->_fields);
$sql .= "`) VALUES ('";
$sql .= implode("', '", $this->_values);
$sql .= "')";
if (!$this->db->query($sql)) {
$error[] = $sql;
}
$this->_subcontractor_name = $data[4];
$this->_subcontractor_id = $data[5];
unset($this->_fields);
unset($this->_values);
}
Link to sample csv here

Answer 1

You've got an extra call to fgetcsv() before the loop begins - this will be fetching the first row and then discarding it, which means the loop will start on the second row.
Just remove this line and it should work correctly
$data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",");