Output CSV to array - php

Question

I am using WP Alchemy to create a meta box with multiple check boxes.
The trouble I'm having is, I have a csv list of academic courses that I want to create the check box options from. So I'm taking the csv turning it into an array that the boxes are made from. However with the code I have now, only the LAST line is created in the array.
<?php
$file_handle = fopen('curriculum.csv', 'r');
while (!feof($file_handle) ) {
$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
$parts = explode(',', $line_of_text);
$items = array ($parts[2] .$parts[3], );
}
fclose($file_handle);
?>
<?php foreach ($items as $i => $item): ?>
<?php $mb->the_field('cb_ex3'); ?>
<!-- similar to test #2, the same thing can be accomplished by simply
adding array brackets "[]" to the name -->
<input type="checkbox" name="<?php $mb->the_name(); ?>[]" value="<?php echo $item; ?>"<?php $mb->the_checkbox_state($item); ?>/> <?php echo $item; ?><br/>
<?php endforeach; ?>
So out of the few hundred lines of code, all I get is the last line.
Here is the actually file I'm working with: http://www.ouhsd.k12.ca.us/educational_services/curriculum/curriculum.csv

Answer 1

In each iteration of the loop you replace $items when you want to add to it, thus it only having the last value.
Also http://php.net/fgetcsv might be of some use to you.

Answer 2

You should be using the fgetcsv() (docs) function rather than trying to make sense of the CSV data yourself. Also, you should build the $items array (rather than overwriting it) as you loop over the file, adding a new item each time.
$file_handle = fopen('curriculum.csv', 'r');
fgets($file_handle); // this skips the csv header line
while (($parts = fgetcsv($file_handle)) !== FALSE) {
$items[] = $parts[2] . ' ' . $parts[3];
}
fclose($file_handle);
foreach ($items as $item) {
// Your HTML code goes here
echo $item . PHP_EOL;
}
Bonus points (you'll look cooler, using objects and iterators!)
$file = new SplFileObject('curriculum.csv');
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
foreach (new LimitIterator($file, 1) as $parts) {
$items[] = $parts[2] . ' ' . $parts[3];
}
foreach ($items as $item) {
// Your HTML code goes here
echo $item . PHP_EOL;
}

Answer 3

items should be an array in your case. Initialize it outside the while loop
$items = array();
And then inside the while loop
$items[] = array ($parts[2] .$parts[3], );
should work.
Also look at fgetcsv as well as suggested.

Answer 4

You need an extra dimenson to your array.
$i=0;
$items= new array(); // i think you need this for some fun reason
while (!feof($file_handle) ) {
$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
$parts = explode(',', $line_of_text);
$items[$i] = array ($parts[2] .$parts[3], );
}

Answer 5

You are overwriting the $items array. I would like to suggest a much simpler method to
<code><pre><?php
// in one step, load the datafile as an array, and loop over each line
// then explode the line by comma, and add to $lines array
foreach(file('curriculum.csv') as $line)
$lines[] = explode(',',$line);
// display the structure of the captured data
print_r($lines);
?></pre></code>
I think once you understand the structure of the captured data here, you can use the values as you wish in your output loop.
code, pre and php tags added for convenience