Issue with opening csv file [closed] - php

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Hey guys I have the following:
session_start();
$seterror = 0;
function returnBack(){
header("Location:../memberinterface.php?getmsg=15");
exit;
}
function returnBackfile(){
header("Location:../memberinterface.php?getmsg=16");
exit;
}
if (!empty($_FILES['csvfile']['error'] ) )
{
$seterror = 1;
returnBack();
}
if (empty($_POST['firstname'])){
$seterror =1;
returnBack();
}
if (empty($_POST['lastname'])){
$seterrro =1;
returnBack();
}
if (empty($_POST['email'])){
$seterror =1;
returnBack();
}
if ($seterror !== 1){
$file = $_FILES['csvfile']['tmp_name'];
$handle = fopen($file , "r");
$fileop = fgetcsv($handle,0,"\t");
echo '<pre>'; var_dump($fileop); var_dump($_POST); echo '</pre>';
exit;
$fileop=array_map("strtoupper",array_map("trim",$fileop));
$firstname_index = array_search(strtoupper($_POST["firstname"]),$fileop);
if ($firstname_index===false){
returnBack();
}
$lastname_index = array_search(strtoupper($_POST["lastname"]),$fileop);
if ($lastname_index===false){
returnBack();
}
$email_index = array_search(strtoupper($_POST["email"]),$fileop);
if ($email_index===false){
returnBack();
}
//open file and store values
$j = 0;
while (($fileop=fgetcsv($handle,0,"\t")) !== false)
{
$fileop=array_map("trim",$fileop);
$firstname[$j] = $fileop[$firstname_index];
if (empty($firstname[$j])){
returnBackfile();
}
$lastname[$j] = $fileop[$lastname_index];
if (empty($lastname[$j])){
returnBackfile();
}
$email[$j] = $fileop[$email_index];
if (empty($email[$j])){
returnBackfile();
}
$j++;
}
//create sessions, send back to memberinterface.php and open table to display the results to delete
$_SESSION['CSVRfirstnames'] = $firstname;
$_SESSION['CSVRlastnames'] = $lastname;
$_SESSION['CSVRemails'] = $email;
header("Location:../memberinterface.php?RemoveCSV=1");
}
And the section where I echo out the columns: echo '<pre>'; var_dump($fileop); var_dump($_POST); echo '</pre>'; - a weird thing happens.
For some CSV files I get this outprinted:
array(4) {
[0]=>
string(726) "PK!|l˜l [Content_Types].xml ¢( Ì”]KÃ0†ïÿCÉ­4Ù&ˆÈº]øq©çˆÍé–&!'›Û¿÷4û#¤nzÓÐæœ÷}’4ïp¼jL¶„€ÚÙ‚õye`K§´ìmú”ß²£´Jg¡`k#6]^§k˜Q·Å‚Õ1ú;!°¬¡‘ÈK3•ŒôfÂËr.g ½Þ(`c[
6>#%&f+ú¼!"
[1]=>
string(71) "`e÷›ÂÖ«`Ò{£K‰T,­úæ’o8u¦¬µÇ+Â`¢Ó¡ùÙ`Û÷B[´‚l"C|–
aˆ•.Ìß›óÃ"”®ªt"
[2]=>
string(951) "v€£ Ö±1<¼‘Úî¸ø§bi蟤]_>‘cðO8®ÿˆ#Òÿ"=$IæÈ`\À3¯v#z̹–Ôk”gøª}ˆƒîÑ$8”(Nß…]d´Ý¹'!QÃ>4º.ßÞ‘ÒètÃo·Ú¼S :¼EÊ×Ñ'ÿÿPK!µU0#õL_rels/.rels ¢( Œ’ÏNÃ0ÆïH¼CäûênH¡¥»LH»!TÀ$îµ£$#÷ö„‚JcÛÑöçÏ?[ÞîæiTb/Nú(A±3b{×jx­ŸV b"giÇŽaWÝÞl_x¤”›b×û¨²‹‹º”ü#b4Oñìr¥‘0QÊahÑ“¨eÜ”å=†¿P-<ÕÁj{ª>ú<ù²·4Mox/æ}b—NŒ#ž;ËvåCf©ÏÛ¨šBËIƒóœÓÉû"cž&Ú\Oôÿ¶8q"K‰ÐHàó<ߊs#ëë.Ÿh©ø½Î<⧄áMdøaÁÅT_ÿÿPK!Þ"
[3]=>
string(530) "(Ôxl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels ¢( ¼“ÏjÃ0ÆƒÑ}q’ne”:½ŒA¯[÷&QâÐÄ6–ö'o?“Cº#É.¡ƒ$ü}?Чýá§ïÄjU%)´¥«ZÛ(ø8½><ƒ Ö¶Ò³¨`#‚Cq·ÃNsüD¦õ$¢Š%†Ù襤Ò`¯)qmœÔ.ôšcéuyÖ
Ê
string(9) "Firstname"
["lastname"]=>
string(8) "lastname"
["email"]=>
string(5) "Email"
}
And other csv files I get it nicely organized:
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(9) "firstname"
[1]=>
string(8) "lastname"
[2]=>
string(5) "email"
[3]=>
}
array(3) {
["firstname"]=>
string(9) "Firstname"
["lastname"]=>
string(8) "lastname"
["email"]=>
string(5) "email"
}
Now I don't know why I am getting the weird symbols for some, and I don't want those so if you could help me that would be great!
David

Answer 1

Make sure your .CSV file is saved as "comma delimited" or "tab delimited" in Excel. Cheers!

Answer 2

Some of yours "CSV" files are not CSV files. This ackward structure you are printing is potentially the content of a .xlsx file or some of the many other Microsoft Office 2007 formats.
If I create a blank .docx or .xlsx file and see in the hexadecimal editor I will see something like this:
00000000h: 50 4B 03 04 14 00 06 00 08 00 00 00 21 00 DD FC ; PK..........!.Ýü
00000010h: 95 37 66 01 00 00 20 05 00 00 13 00 08 02 5B 43 ; •7f... .......[C
00000020h: 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 5F 54 79 70 65 73 5D 2E 78 6D ; ontent_Types].xm
00000030h: 6C 20 A2 04 02 28 A0 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; l ¢..( .........
00000040h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000050h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000060h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
Quite familiar, isn't it?
Those files are actually .zip files contenting a tree of .xml files and other resources belonging to your document.

Answer 3

can you try utf8_encode() on the string?