Create an associative array from a csv file.

csv_to_array.php

<?php
/**
 *  Create an associative array from a csv file.
 *
 *  @param   file   $file  The csv file that is going to be parsed
 *  @return  array  $data  An associative array with the csv headings as keys
 */
function csv_to_array( $file ) {
    $data = array();
    $header = null;
    $file_handle = fopen( $file, 'r' );

    while( $row = fgetcsv($file_handle ) ) {
        if( $header === null ) {
            $header = $row;
            continue;
        }
        $data[] = array_combine( $header, $row );
    }

    return $data;
}