CSV to Json with header row as key - php

Question

I would like to convert a CSV to Json, use the header row as a key, and each line as object. How do I go about doing this?
----------------------------------CSV---------------------------------
InvKey,DocNum,CardCode
11704,1611704,BENV1072
11703,1611703,BENV1073
---------------------------------PHP-----------------------------------
if (($handle = fopen('upload/BEN-new.csv'. '', "r")) !== FALSE) {
while (($row_array = fgetcsv($handle, 1024, ","))) {
while ($val != '') {
foreach ($row_array as $key => $val) {
$row_array[] = $val;
}
}
$complete[] = $row_array;
}
fclose($handle);
}
echo json_encode($complete);

Answer 1

Just read the first line separately and merge it into every row:
if (($handle = fopen('upload/BEN-new.csv', 'r')) === false) {
die('Error opening file');
}
$headers = fgetcsv($handle, 1024, ',');
$complete = array();
while ($row = fgetcsv($handle, 1024, ',')) {
$complete[] = array_combine($headers, $row);
}
fclose($handle);
echo json_encode($complete);

Answer 2

I find myself converting csv strings to arrays or objects every few months.
I created a class because I'm lazy and dont like copy/pasting code.
This class will convert a csv string to custom class objects:
Convert csv string to arrays or objects in PHP

Answer 3

$feed="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/devfaysal/9143ca22afcbf252d521f5bf2bdc6194/raw/ec46f6c2017325345e7df2483d8829231049bce8/data.csv";
//Read the csv and return as array
$data = array_map('str_getcsv', file($feed));
//Get the first raw as the key
$keys = array_shift($data);
//Add label to each value
$newArray = array_map(function($values) use ($keys){
return array_combine($keys, $values);
}, $data);
// Print it out as JSON
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode($newArray);
Main gist:
https://gist.github.com/devfaysal/9143ca22afcbf252d521f5bf2bdc6194

Answer 4

For those who'd like things spelled out a little more + some room to further parse any row / column without additional loops:
function csv_to_json_byheader($filename){
$json = array();
if (($handle = fopen($filename, "r")) !== FALSE) {
$rownum = 0;
$header = array();
while (($row = fgetcsv($handle, 1024, ",")) !== FALSE) {
if ($rownum === 0) {
for($i=0; $i < count($row); $i++){
// maybe you want to strip special characters or merge duplicate columns here?
$header[$i] = trim($row[$i]);
}
} else {
if (count($row) === count($header)) {
$rowJson = array();
foreach($header as $i=>$head) {
// maybe handle special row/cell parsing here, per column header
$rowJson[$head] = $row[$i];
}
array_push($json, $rowJson);
}
}
$rownum++;
}
fclose($handle);
}
return $json;
}