parse csv file to php

gistfile1.txt

  function parse() {

		if ( ! file_exists( $this->file_path ) || ! is_readable( $this->file_path ) )
			return array();

		$header = NULL;

		$data = array();

		if ( ( $handle = fopen( $this->file_path, 'r' ) ) !== FALSE ) {

			while ( ( $row = fgetcsv( $handle, 1000, $this->csv_delimiter ) ) !== FALSE ) {

				if ( ! $header )
					$header = $row;

				else
					$data[] = array_combine( $header, $row );
			}

			fclose( $handle );
		}

		return $data;
	}