Method:removeRow

row remover

removes one row from the current data set.

sample of a csv file "my_cool.csv"

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

first let's load the file and output whatever was retrived.

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

now lets remove the second row

var_export($csv->removeRow(1));

output

true

now lets dump again the data and see what changes have been made

var_export($csv->connect());

output

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

1. Argument mixed $number the key that identifies that row

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

isSymmetric(), getAsymmetricRows()