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Bug #48313

fgetcsv() does not report empty row as documented

Submitted:

2009-05-17 20:16 UTC

Modified:

2009-05-18 18:49 UTC

Votes:	2
Avg. Score:	3.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:	2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:	2 (100.0%)
Same OS:	2 (100.0%)

From:

bitworks at web dot de

Assigned:

Status:

Closed

Package:

Filesystem function related

PHP Version:

5.2.9

OS:

Windows XP SP3

Private report:

CVE-ID:

None

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[2009-05-17 20:16 UTC] bitworks at web dot de

Description:
------------
reading data with fgetcsv() an empty row wil not be returned as one array element pointing to NULL, as it is described in documentation

the result for the record will be

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(0) ""
}

instead of

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  NULL
}




Expected result:
----------------
array(1) {
  [0]=>
  NULL
}

Actual result:
--------------
array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(0) ""
}

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[2009-05-17 20:34 UTC] bitworks at web dot de

<?php    ### bugreport_48313.php ###

    $fh = fopen('csv02.txt','r');
    
    if (!$fh) die('wrong filename');
    
    $_file = array();
    $_rec = array();

    while (false!==($_rec = fgetcsv($fh, 8192, ';','"')))
    {
        $_file[] = $_rec;
    }
   
    fclose($fh);

    echo "<pre>\r\n";
    var_dump($_file);
    echo "</pre>\r\n";

?> 

You will need a csv-file with some data and also an empty line in it.


nr;betreff;anzahl;beschreibung
"1";"Erste Zeile";"0";"Text"
"2";"Zeite Zeile";"0.11";"mehr Text"
"3";"Dritte Zeile";"";"kein Eintrag vorhanden"

"5";"nach der Leerzeile";"22";"letzter Eintrag"

[2009-05-18 18:49 UTC] [email protected]

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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