<?php
/* fputcsv(): writes an array as fields in a line into a CSV file.
 * born out of frustration that the default PHP5 that Fedora has doesn't
 * have this support compiled in, that or it's not done.
 */
function fputcsv($fid, $params, $field_delim = ",", $text_delim = '"', $line_ending = "\n" ) {

	/* Function parameter input error handling.  We need at least 2 parameters, the file handle
	 * from an fopen() call, and the array of stuff to write in delimited form to the file.
	 *
	 * that aside, optional arguments include a field and text delimiter, and line-ending type.
	 */

	if( !is_resource( $fid ) && !get_resource_type( $fid) == "file"  ) {
		echo("First parameter must be file handle from fopen().\n");
		return false;
	}

	if( !is_array( $params ) ) {
		echo("Second parameter must be an array!\n");
		return false;
	}

	/* fix up any strings before we write to disk */
	foreach( $params as $key => $value ) {
		if( is_string( $value ) ) {
			$params[$key] = $text_delim . $value . $text_delim;
		}
	}	

	$separated = implode( $field_delim, $params );
	$separated .= $line_ending;
	$bytes_written = fwrite( $fid, $separated );
	return( $bytes_written );
}
?>