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CSV Get Column Names

Demonstrates how to get the names of columns in a CSV.

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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");

$csv->HasColumnNames = 1;
$success = $csv->LoadFromString($sb->getAsString());

// Get each column name..
$numCols = $csv->NumColumns;
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numCols) {
    print $csv->getColumnName($i) . "\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Output should be:

// permalink
// company
// numEmps
// category
// city
// state
// fundedDate
// raisedAmt
// raisedCurrency
// round

?>