CSVDataSource

Introduction #

In many case, data is stored in CSV for example log file. The CSVDataSource will help us to read data from those file and pipe their data into our processing chain.

Settings #

Name	type	default	description
`class`	string		Must set to `'\koolreport\datasources\CSVDataSource'`
`filePath`	string		The full file path to the `.csv` file.
`fieldSeparator`	string	","	Set the field separator in your csv, some file use `"\t"` tab as field separator
`charset`	string	"utf8"	Charset of your CSV file
`firstRowData`	boolean	`false`	Whether the first row is data. Normally the first row contain the field name so default value of this property is false.

Example #

<?php
class MyReport extends \koolreport\KoolReport
{
    public function settings()
    {
        return array(
            "dataSources"=>array(
                "csv_example_datasource"=>array(
                    "class"=>'\koolreport\datasources\CSVDataSource',
                    "filePath"=>"/var/storage/sales.csv",
                    "fieldSeparator"=>"\t",
                ),
            )
        );
    }
    public function setup()
    {
        $this->src('csv_example_datasource')
        ->pipe(..)
        ->pipe(...)
        ...
        ->pipe($this->dataStore('salescsv'));
    }
}

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