What are some common issues when trying to display a text/csv response from a REST API in an HTML table using PHP?

One common issue when displaying a text/csv response from a REST API in an HTML table using PHP is properly parsing the CSV data and formatting it into rows and columns. To solve this, you can use PHP's built-in functions like fgetcsv() to parse the CSV data and then iterate over the rows to create HTML table rows. Additionally, you may need to handle cases where the CSV data contains special characters or formatting that needs to be properly escaped or formatted for display in an HTML table. 

<?php
// Assume $csvData contains the CSV response from the REST API

// Parse the CSV data
$rows = str_getcsv($csvData, "\n");

echo '<table>';
foreach ($rows as $row) {
    $cols = str_getcsv($row);
    echo '<tr>';
    foreach ($cols as $col) {
        echo '<td>' . htmlspecialchars($col) . '</td>';
    }
    echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';
?>

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