PHP code example of chrgriffin / collection-macro-csv

1. Go to this page and download the library: Download chrgriffin/collection-macro-csv library. Choose the download type require.

2. Extract the ZIP file and open the index.php.

3. Add this code to the index.php. 
    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

/* Start to develop here. Best regards https://php-download.com/ */

chrgriffin / collection-macro-csv example snippets


return [
    // ...
    'providers' => [
        // ...
        CollectionMacroCsv\ServiceProvider::class
    ]
];


$associativeArray = [
    [
        'name' => 'Geralt of Rivia',
        'occupation' => 'Witcher'
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'Yennefer of Vengerberg',
        'occupation' => 'Sorceress'
    ]
];

$csvArray = collect($associativeArray)->toCsvArray();

/*
 * [
 *     ['name', 'occupation'],
 *     ['Geralt of Rivia', 'Witcher'],
 *     ['Yennefer of Vengerberg', 'Sorceress']
 * ]
 */


$associativeArray = [
    [
        'name' => 'Geralt of Rivia',
        'occupation' => 'Witcher'
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'Yennefer of Vengerberg',
        'occupation' => 'Sorceress'
    ]
];

$csvString = collect($associativeArray)->toCsvString();

// name,occupation\nGeralt of Rivia,Witcher\nYennefer of Vengerberg,Sorceress


$csvString = collect($associativeArray)->toCsvString('|');

// name|occupation\nGeralt of Rivia|Witcher\nYennefer of Vengerberg|Sorceress



$associativeArray = [
    [
        'name' => 'Geralt of Rivia',
        'occupation' => 'Witcher',
        'witcher_school' => 'Wolf'
    ],
    [
        'name' => 'Yennefer of Vengerberg',
        'occupation' => 'Sorceress',
        'magic_speciality' => 'Portals'
    ]
];

$csvArray = collect($associativeArray)->toCsvArray();

/*
 * [
 *     ['name', 'occupation', 'witcher_school', 'magic_speciality'],
 *     ['Geralt of Rivia', 'Witcher', 'Wolf', null],
 *     ['Yennefer of Vengerberg', 'Sorceress', null, 'Portals']
 * ]
 */

$csvString = collect($associativeArray)->toCsvString();

// name,occupation,witcher_school,magic_speciality\nGeralt of Rivia,Witcher,Wolf,\nYennefer of Vengerberg,Sorceress,,Portals


$malformedArray = [
    [
        'name' => 'Geralt of Rivia',
        'occupation' => 'Witcher',
        'witcher_school' => 'Wolf'
    ],
    'Yennefer of Vengerberg'
];

// throws a MalformedCollectionException
$csvArray = collect($malformedArray)->toCsvArray();