Handling a delimiter inside a field

[PHP_Novice2]

I have a script that parses a CSV file that is delimited by commas, with each field enclosed in a set of quotes. The script explodes each line by a comma, and strips the quotes from each field.

If a comma happens to appear within a field, it throws the whole thing off. What is the best way to handle this?

[Installer]

See fgetcsv().

[PHP_Novice2]

Installer wrote:

See fgetcsv().

Is there an equivalent in which I don't actually need a literal file, and can parse a block of text? My script offers the option of uploading a file or pasting text.

[Installer]

There's a function in the user notes here dated 02-Mar-2006 that seems to work well.