CSV to Array

csvarray.php

/**
 * CSV file to array
 * @param  file  $csv             
 * @param  array  $expected_header 
 * @param  boolean $convert_object  you want it returned as an object?
 * @param  string  $delimiter       
 * @param  string  $enclosure       
 * @return array                   
 */
public function csv_to_array($csv,$expected_header=NULL,$convert_object = FALSE, $delimiter = "," , $enclosure = '"')
{
    //open CSV
    if (file_exists($csv) AND ($handle = fopen($csv, 'r')) !== FALSE) 
    {
        $i = 0;
        $end_array =  array();

        //line by line
        while(($data = fgetcsv($handle, 0, $delimiter, $enclosure)) !== FALSE)
        {
            //check the header
            if ($i == 0 AND is_array($expected_header))
            {
                if($data != $expected_header)
                    return FALSE;
            }
            //not header 
            else
            {
                //return as object
                if ($convert_object === TRUE)
                {
                    $obj = new stdClass();
                    foreach ($data as $field => $value) 
                    {
                        try {
                            $obj->$expected_header[$field] = $value;   
                        } catch (Exception $e) {
                            //got a field that was not in the header :S
                            return FALSE;
                        }
                    }

                    $end_array[$i] = $obj;
                }
                else
                    $end_array[$i] = $data;
            }

            $i++;
        }
        fclose($handle); 
    }

    return $end_array;
}