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# fputcsv

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

fputcsv — Format line as CSV and write to file pointer

### Description

int fputcsv ( resource `$handle` , array `$fields` [, string `$delimiter` = ',' [, string `$enclosure` = '"' ]] )

fputcsv() formats a line (passed as a `fields` array) as CSV and write it (terminated by a newline) to the specified file `handle`.

### Parameters

`handle`

  The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen() (and not yet closed by fclose()).

`fields`

  An array of values.

`delimiter`

  The optional `delimiter` parameter sets the field delimiter (one character only).

`enclosure`

  The optional `enclosure` parameter sets the field enclosure (one character only).

### Return Values

Returns the length of the written string or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 fputcsv() example

`<?php
$list = array (
array('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'dddd'),
array('123', '456', '789'),
array('"aaa"', '"bbb"')
);
$fp = fopen('file.csv', 'w');
foreach ($list as $fields) {
fputcsv($fp, $fields);
}
fclose($fp);
?>`

The above example will write the following to file.csv:

    aaa,bbb,ccc,dddd
    123,456,789
    """aaa""","""bbb"""

### Notes

> Note: If PHP is not properly recognizing the line endings when reading files either on or created by a Macintosh computer, enabling the auto_detect_line_endings run-time configuration option may help resolve the problem.

### See Also

- fgetcsv() - Gets line from file pointer and parse for CSV fields

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