Delete line from CSV file

Question

I have a .csv file with 4 columns. What is the easiest way to delete a row identical to the id of the first column? Here where I am stuck:

if($_GET['id']) {
    $id = $_GET['id'];
    $file_handle = fopen("testimonials.csv", "rw");

    while (!feof($file_handle) ) {
        $line_of_text = fgetcsv($file_handle, 1024);    
        if ($id == $line_of_text[0]) {
            // remove row
        }
    }
    fclose($file_handle);
}

Unfortunately, databases were not an option.

Answer 1

$id = $_GET['id'];
if($id) {
    $file_handle = fopen("testimonials.csv", "w+");
    $myCsv = array();
    while (!feof($file_handle) ) {
        $line_of_text = fgetcsv($file_handle, 1024);    
        if ($id != $line_of_text[0]) {
            fputcsv($file_handle, $line_of_text);
        }
    }
    fclose($file_handle);
}

Answer 2

I recently did a similar thing to subscribe to a newsletter, heres my code:

$signupsFile = 'newsletters/signups.csv';
$signupsTempFile = 'newsletters/signups_temp.csv';
$GLOBALS["signupsFile"] = $signupsFile;
$GLOBALS["signupsTempFile"] = $signupsTempFile;


function removeEmail($email){
    $removed = false;
    $fptemp = fopen($GLOBALS["signupsTempFile"], "a+");
    if (($handle = fopen($GLOBALS["signupsFile"], "r")) !== FALSE) {
        while (($data = fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE) {
        if ($email != $data[0] ){
            $list = array($data);
            fputcsv($fptemp, $list);
            $removed = true;
        }
    }
    fclose($handle);
    fclose($fptemp);
    unlink($GLOBALS["signupsFile"]);
    rename($GLOBALS["signupsTempFile"], $GLOBALS["signupsFile"]);
    return $removed;
}

uses the temp file method to write the csv string to avoid memory errors. Then, once a new file has been created, it deletes the original and renames the temporary file.

You can change this code to look for an identifier instead of an email address, for example:

$id = $_GET['id'];  
$fptemp = fopen('testimonials-temp.csv', "a+");
if (($handle = fopen('testimonials.csv', "r")) !== FALSE) {
    while (($id= fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE) {
    if ($id != $data[0] ){
        $list = array($data);
        fputcsv($fptemp, $list);
    }
}
fclose($handle);
fclose($fptemp);
unlink('testimonials.csv');
rename('testimonials-temp.csv','testimonials.csv');

Answer 3

$table = fopen('table.csv','r');
$temp_table = fopen('table_temp.csv','w');

$id = 'something' // the name of the column you're looking for

while (($data = fgetcsv($table, 1000)) !== FALSE){
    if(reset($data) == $id){ // this is if you need the first column in a row
        continue;
    }
    fputcsv($temp_table,$data);
}
fclose($table);
fclose($temp_table);
rename('table_temp.csv','table.csv');

Answer 4

:

$new = '';
while (!feof($file_handle))
{
    $line_of_text = fgetcsv($file_handle, 1024);    
    if ($id != $line_of_text[0])
    {
         $new .= implode(',',$line_of_text) . PHP_EOL;
    }
}

basically you throw each line and check if the identifier matches the identifier sent in the get parameter; if not, it writes the line to a new container / variable.

And then rewrite the value $newto a file, this should work fine:

• How big is the file
• Do you have a CSV header on line 0?