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# CSV

Extracts data from a character-separated values file.

```php
$etl->extract('csv', 'path/to/file.csv', $options);
```

## Options

### Columns

Columns that will be extracted. If `null`, all columns will be extracted and the first line will be used as the columns names.

| Type  | Default value |
| ----- | ------------- |
| array | `null`        |

To select which columns will be extracted, use an array with the columns list:

```php
$options = ['columns' => ['id', 'name', 'email']];
```

To rename the columns, use an associative array where the `key` is the name of the column in the file and the `value` is the name that will be used in the etl process:

```php
$options = ['columns' => [
    'id' => 'id',
    'full_name' => 'name',
    'email_address' => 'email',
]];
```

If your file does not contains the columns names, you may set the name and the index of the columns to extract starting at 1:

```php
$options = ['columns' => [
    'id' => 1,
    'name' => 2,
    'email' => 3,
]];
```

### Delimiter

Field delimiter (one character only).

| Type   | Default value |
| ------ | ------------- |
| string | ,             |

```php
$options = ['delimiter' => ';'];
```

### Enclosure

Field enclosure character (one character only).

| Type   | Default value |
| ------ | ------------- |
| string |               |

```php
$options = ['enclosure' => '"'];
```


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