CSV file formatting - php

Question

I have problem: I need to be able to import CSV file to MS Access database with PHP. I have a script that can do it, but my CSV file format is not right.
The original format is:
But the script works with this format:
Both files are .csv. How can I convert the first file format to the needed one?
My import script below is not importing anything, and is not giving any errors:
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$i=0;
require "connection.php";
if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'])) {
echo "<h3>" . "File ". $_FILES['csv']['name'] ." uploaded successfully." . "</h3>";
}
//Import uploaded file to Database
$handle = fopen($_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'], "r");
$import=$db->prepare("INSERT INTO adherence(
dateandtime,
lastname,
firstname,
paidtime,
approvedtime,
notadhering)VALUES(
?,?,?,?,?,?)");
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000,"\t","'")) !== FALSE) {
if($i>0) {
$data = str_replace('"', '', $data);
$myDate = date("Y/m/d",strtotime(str_replace('/','-',$data[0])));
$import->bindParam(1, $myDate, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(2, $data[1], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(3, $data[2], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(4, $data[3], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(5, $data[4], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(6, $data[5], PDO::PARAM_STR);
str_replace('"',' ',$data);
$import->execute();
}
$i++;
}
EDIT Current code:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$i=0;
require "connection.php";
if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'])) {
echo "<h3>" . "File ". $_FILES['csv']['name'] ." uploaded successfully." . "</h3>";
}
//Import uploaded file to Database
$handle = fopen($_FILES['csv']['tmp_name'], "r");
$import=$db->prepare("INSERT INTO adherence(
dateandtime,
lastname,
firstname,
paidtime,
approvedtime,
notadhering)VALUES(
?,?,?,?,?,?)");
$badlines=[];
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000,"\t",'"')) !== FALSE) {
if($i>0) {
//skip but keep track of bad data
if(count($data) !== 5){
$badlines[] = $i;
continue;
}
$myDate = date("Y/m/d",strtotime(str_replace('/','-',$data[0])));
$names = explode(',', $data[1]);
$import->bindParam(1, $myDate, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(2, $names[0], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(3, $names[1], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(4, $data[2], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(5, $data[3], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(6, $data[4], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->execute();
}
$i++;
}
$removal=$db->prepare("delete FROM adherence WHERE approvedtime = '0' OR notadhering IS NULL");
$removal->execute();
fclose($handle);
}

Answer 1

"name, lastname" is a single column, as it is surrounded by double quotes.
Your code originally worked as you misconfigured fgetscsv by passing a single quote as the enclosure parameter, causing it to ignore these double quotes and treat the single column as two as it contains a comma.
As your new file is tab delimetered, it does not split on the comma.
To fix, pass the correct enclosure parameter to fgetcsv, and split the column yourself:
$badlines=[];
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000,"\t",'"')) !== FALSE) {
if($i>0) {
//skip but keep track of bad data
if(count($data) !== 5){
$badlines[] = $i;
continue;
}
$myDate = date("Y/m/d",strtotime(str_replace('/','-',$data[0])));
$names = explode(',', $data[1]);
$import->bindParam(1, $myDate, PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(2, $names[0], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(3, $names[1], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(4, $data[2], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(5, $data[3], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->bindParam(6, $data[4], PDO::PARAM_STR);
$import->execute();
}
$i++;
}