How can PHP functions like fgetcsv and file_get_contents be utilized to extract and manipulate data from external sources like CSV files?

To extract and manipulate data from external sources like CSV files using PHP functions like fgetcsv and file_get_contents, you can first read the contents of the CSV file using file_get_contents and then parse the data using fgetcsv to extract and manipulate the data as needed. 

// Read the contents of the CSV file
$csvData = file_get_contents('data.csv');

// Parse the CSV data
$lines = explode("\n", $csvData);
foreach($lines as $line){
    $data = str_getcsv($line);
    
    // Manipulate the data as needed
    // Example: echo the first column value
    echo $data[0] . "\n";
}

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PHP fgetcsv file_get_contents data extraction CSV files

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