What is the recommended method in PHP for processing CSV files to avoid manual parsing and splitting?

When processing CSV files in PHP, it is recommended to use the built-in function `fgetcsv()` which reads a line from an open file pointer and parses it as CSV fields. This function automatically handles the parsing and splitting of the CSV data, making it a convenient and efficient method for processing CSV files without manual parsing. 

$file = fopen('data.csv', 'r');
while (($data = fgetcsv($file)) !== false) {
    // Process each row of CSV data
    print_r($data);
}
fclose($file);

Keywords

fgetcsv str_getcsv SplFileObject CSV parsing data processing

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