# 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). Defaults as a comma: ,.

`enclosure`

  The optional `enclosure` parameter sets the field enclosure (one character only) and defaults to a double quotation mark: ".

### Return Values

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

### Examples

Example#1 fputcsv() example

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

### Notes

> Note: If you are having problems with PHP not recognizing the line endings when reading files either on or created by a Macintosh computer, you might want to enable the auto_detect_line_endings run-time configuration option.

### See Also

- fgetcsv()