I want to write a function that removes the second CSV column of its content

[comp.lang.php]

I thought my function would have accomplished just that:

[PHP]
if (!function_exis ts('resetCSV')) {
function &resetCSV($full FileName, $path, $willClearFile = false) {


/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New 8/23/2006: This function will either reset the second column
of a CSV file (clearing the column of values) or clear file if
$willClearFile is true to prevent user data from potentially
going to another client

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
if (!function_exis ts('check_csv_f ield_ref'))
@include_once(a ctual_path("$pa th/functions.inc.p hp"));
$contents = @file_get_conte nts(actual_path ($fullFileName) );
$fileID = @fopen(actual_p ath($fullFileNa me), 'r+');
// OPEN FOR READING AND WRITING
if (function_exist s('check_csv_fi eld_ref') &&
is_file(actual_ path($fullFileN ame)) && strlen($content s) 0) {
if ($willClearFile ) {
// EMPTY THE FILE ENTIRELY
@fputs($fileID, '');
} else {
while (($data = @fgetcsv($fileI D, 65536)) !== false)
@array_insert($ data, $csvArray[]); // READ EACH ROW UP
TO 65K IN DATA
for ($i = 0; $i < @sizeof($csvArr ay); $i++) {
$csvArray[$i][1] = '';
// NULLIFY (DO NOT UNSET)
SECOND COLUMN
@array_walk($cs vArray[$i], create_function ('&$a',
'@check_csv_fie ld_ref(trim($a) );'));
fputs($fileID, trim(join(',', $csvArray[$i])));
if ($_ENV['windir'] || $_SERVER['windir']) fputs($fileID,
"\r\n"); else fputs($fileID, "\n");
}
}
}
@fclose($fileID );
}
}

[/PHP]

However, as it does remove the second column of the CSV file, it fails
to overwrite the existing content of the CSV file with the
newly-reformed content.

Which is the best approach to accomplish rewriting CSV content this
way?

Thanx
Phil

[NC]

Re: I want to write a function that removes the second CSV column of its content

comp.lang.php wrote:

>
Which is the best approach to accomplish rewriting CSV
content this way?

You need to change your approach. Write reformatted lines into a new
file; when finished, delete the old file and rename the new one, so it
has the same name the old one did.

Cheers,
NC