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CSV Get Contents of Cell

Demonstrates the GetCell method (to get the contents of a cell by row/column index).

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<?php

$success = 0;

// We have the following CSV...

// permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
// lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
// mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
// flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
// infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
// gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed

$bCrlf = 1;
$sb = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sb->AppendLine('permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round',$bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b',$bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed',$bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a',$bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a',$bCrlf);
$sb->AppendLine('gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed',$bCrlf);

$csv = new COM("Chilkat.Csv");

// Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
$csv->HasColumnNames = 1;
$success = $csv->LoadFromString($sb->getAsString());

// Get the contents of the cell at row 2 column 5, which is "Scottsdale".
// Indexes are 0-based.  The 2nd row is at index 1, and the 5th column is at index 4.
// (The row of column names is not a data row.)
$cellContent = $csv->getCell(1,4);
print $cellContent . "\n";

// Output should be "Scottsdale"

?>