Method:removeColumn

column remover

Completly removes a whole column identified by $name Note: that this function will only work if data is symmetric.

sample of a csv file "my_cool.csv"

name,age,skill
john,13,knows magic
tanaka,8,makes sushi
jose,5,dances salsa

load the library and csv file

require_once 'File/CSV/DataSource.php';
$csv = new File_CSV_DataSource;
$csv->load('my_cool.csv');

lets dump currently loaded data

var_export($csv->connect());

output

array (
0 =>
array (
'name' => 'john',
'age' => '13',
'skill' => 'knows magic',
),
1 =>
array (
'name' => 'tanaka',
'age' => '8',
'skill' => 'makes sushi',
),
2 =>
array (
'name' => 'jose',
'age' => '5',
'skill' => 'dances salsa',
),
)

and now let's remove the second column

var_export($csv->removeColumn('age'));

output

true

those changes made let's dump the data again and see what we got

array (
0 =>
array (
'name' => 'john',
'skill' => 'knows magic',
),
1 =>
array (
'name' => 'tanaka',
'skill' => 'makes sushi',
),
2 =>
array (
'name' => 'jose',
'skill' => 'dances salsa',
),
)

1. Argument string $name same as the ones returned by getHeaders();

• Visibility public
• Returns boolean
• Also see hasColumn(), getHeaders(), createHeaders(), setHeaders(),

isSymmetric(), getAsymmetricRows()