PHP How to retrieve first line of a .CSV as a string?

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How do I retrieve the first line of a .CSV file as a string?

This current method I am using is failing to return the first line, but is instead returning the second line:

$content = file($filepath);
echo $content[0];

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-12 20:36:46Z

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fgets() can be used to read a single line from a file.

answered Nov 12, 2010 at 20:36

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 19:22:09Z

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This function will work better for you: fgetcsv()

But on a large files and if you need the performance use this function: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgets.php

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answered Nov 12, 2010 at 20:39

Dmitry

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The OP wants a string, not an array.

Can I see an example of retrieving the first line as a string?

Ooops, I was wrong with the first function and you were the first with the second one :)

$handle = @fopen($filepath, "r"); if ($handle) { $line = fgets($handle); } // Your string is in the $line

What if that is returning the second line in the file? What does that mean?

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