PHP's str_getcsv is Completely Broken
Say you have a csv file that you want to parse with PHP. No problem, PHP has a function for everything! Assuming that maybe we're on the beginner-to-medium level of experience, we might be tempted to reach for str_getcsv as a quick way to read CSV files. Before we get started, I'm using PHP 7.3.14 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver). Attempt #1 Let's start with a simple CSV file: name,age,phone,city Bob,44,5555555,Boston Jane,36,5555556,Philadelphia Paco,54,5555557,Denver Now let's parse th…
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