PHP

Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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Demonstrates how to read a utf-8 .csv file containing some Japanese characters. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Csv;

// This example program loads a file (japanese.csv)
// that contains this content:
//
// year,color,country,food
// 2001,red,France,cheese
// 2005,blue,"United States",hamburger
// 2008,green,Italy,pasta
// 1998,orange,Japan,sushi
// 2010,silver,"太志","森田"
//

$csv = new Csv();

// Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
// should be treated as column names:
$csv->HasColumnNames = true;

// Load the CSV records from the file.
// Important: Make sure to call LoadFile2 so that the charset (utf-8)
// of the CSV file can be indicated.
try {
    $csv->LoadFile2('qa_data/csv/japanese.csv', 'utf-8');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Display the contents of the 3rd column
$n = $csv->NumRows;
for ($row = 0; $row < $n; $row++) {
    echo $csv->GetCell($row, 2), "\n";
}