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<?php $delimiter = ','; $enclosure = '"'; $escape_char = "@"; $row_before = [ 'A', "[{$enclosure}a{$enclosure}{$delimiter}{$enclosure}{$escape_char}{$escape_char}{$enclosure}{$delimiter}{$enclosure}b{$enclosure}]", 'B', ]; print "\nBEFORE:\n"; var_export($row_before); print "\n"; $fh = fopen($file = 'php://temp', 'rb+'); # fputcsv($fh,$row_before,$delimiter,$enclosure, $escape_char); fwrite($fh, 'A,"[""a"",""@@"",""b""]",B'); rewind($fh); $row_plain = fread($fh, 1000); print "\nPLAIN:\n"; var_export($row_plain); print "\n"; rewind($fh); $row_after = fgetcsv($fh, 500,$delimiter,$enclosure, $escape_char); print "\nAFTER:\n"; var_export($row_after); print "\n\n"; fclose($fh);
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.6 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.26, 8.4.1 - 8.4.14
BEFORE: array ( 0 => 'A', 1 => '["a","@@","b"]', 2 => 'B', ) PLAIN: 'A,"[""a"",""@@"",""b""]",B' AFTER: array ( 0 => 'A', 1 => '["a","@@","b"]', 2 => 'B', )

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