[blaw]

Hi there,

I guess tia meant something like this:

Code:

Amy,1980-01-26,604-111-2222,Vancouver
Bob,1979-06-25,604-222-3333,Montreal
Cathy,1967-11-21,250-333-4444,Toronto

This is a CSV file, having 4 columns and 3 rows.

Assuming what tia meant was that, though this time there are 4 colmns, there might be 5, 6, or 28 columns next time, and wants to have as many <td></td>'s as there are columns in the CSV file.

If that's the case, you can explode the first line into an array to get the column count (please read the comment as it may be helpful for you to understand what's going on):

PHP Code:

<?php



// Get the file contents into an array. file() takes each line of the specified file and assign it to an array value. You will get an array var $a_lines.

$a_lines = file('/path/to/yourfile.csv');



// Get one line from the array for explosion.

// explode() takes a string and splits it into array values, delimited by the delimiteer of your choice - it's the comma here.

$a_columns = explode(',', $a_lines[0]);



// Now count how many "columns" are in there.

$num_columns = count($a_columns);



// Just to make sure, fire it off here.

// You should get 4 when tried with the above CSV file.

echo $num_columns;



?>

It seemed that you know how to handle once you have the column number, so I'll cut it here. Hope this is what you wanted.

Good night,