php fgetcsv and integer conversion (UTF8 x UCS-2 Little Endian)

UPDATE 4: I've found (as suspected) that the files enconding is responsible for this. I converted the csv file from UCS-2 Little Endian to UTF-8 and everything works fine. Anyway I need to find some way to make PHP understands the input file correctly. Tried already `sellocale` without success. --- original question --- I have some data stored on a csv file in 'table' format and I want to store this data as (tag, tagtimestamp, tagvalue) on a database. But can't find a way to cast values stored on $v array to integer values: ``` $p=0; $tag=array(); $dt=array(); $v=array(); $handle=fopen("sga/2013.10.054.vol2.csv", "r"); while(($row=fgetcsv($handle, 0, "\t"))!==FALSE){ $num=count($row); $num--; // only even collumns if($p==0){ for($c=1; $c<$num; $c+=2){ array_push($tag, $row[$c]); } }else{ array_push($dt, $row[0]); for($c=1; $c<$num;$c+=2){ array_push($v, $row[$c]); // <<< here is my problem } } $p++; } fclose($handle); echo "<pre>"; print_r($v); echo "</pre>"; ``` echoes: ``` Array( [0] => 8701 [1] => 5281 [2] => 4341 [3] => 4360 [4] => 8701 [5] => 8239 [6] => 4631 [7] => 4115 [8] => 4123 [9] => 8239 [10] => 8409 [11] => 3978 [12] => 4192 [13] => 4216 [14] => 8409 [15] => 8916 [16] => 3325 [17] => 4444 [18] => 4472 [19] => 8916 [20] => 9550 [21] => 3286 [22] => 4763 [23] => 4789 ``` ... tried to use ``` (int)$row[$c], intval($row[$c]), ($row[$c]+0), settype($row[$c], "integer") preg_replace('!\s+!', $row[$c]) // to clean up any messy char... ``` , etc... I do interpolate values using: ``` $nv=0; $sqls=""; foreach ($tag as $kt=>$t){ foreach($dt as $kd=>$d){ $f=($kd*5)+$kt; $de=explode(" ", $d); $d=implode("-", array_reverse(explode("/", $de[0])))." ".$de[1]; $nv=$v[$f]; // <<<<< here the values must become integers but only returns zeroes $sqls.="('$t', '$d', $nv), "; } } ``` // the final query is setted here ``` $sql=""; $sql="INSERT IGNORE INTO aducao (tag, tagtime, tagvalue) VALUES "; $sqls=rtrim($sqls, ", "); $sql.=$sqls; echo $sql; ``` My file is UTF.8 without BOM formated. and CSV file is tab (\t) separated. Anyway if I left the "values" as it comes from csv my mysql database throws an error, and if I try to convert the values becomes zeroes. UPDATE: here's the mysql error if values is not converted. I guess that because if I copy and paste the sql string directly on mysql query browser the error does not occur, so some type of 'dirt' is into these values... ``` You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1 ``` UPDATE 2: var_dump($v) shows: ``` array(3725) { [0]=> string(9) "8701" [1]=> string(9) "5281" [2]=> string(9) "4341" [3]=> string(9) "4360" [4]=> string(9) "8701" [5]=> string(9) "8239" [6]=> string(9) "4631" [7]=> string(9) "4115" [8]=> string(9) "4123" [9]=> string(9) "8239" [10]=> string(9) "8409" [11]=> string(9) "3978" [12]=> string(9) "4192" [13]=> string(9) "4216" [14]=> string(9) "8409" [15]=> string(9) "8916" [16]=> string(9) "3325" [17]=> string(9) "4444" [18]=> string(9) "4472" [19]=> string(9) "8916" [20]=> string(9) "9550" [21]=> string(9) "3286" [22]=> string(9) "4763" [23]=> string(9) "4789" [24]=> string(9) "9550" [25]=> string(11) "11506" [26]=> string(9) "3448" [27]=> string(9) "5738" [28]=> string(9) "5769" [29]=> string(11) "11506" [30]=> string(11) "11287" [31]=> string(9) "3690" [32]=> string(9) "5630" [33]=> string(9) "5656" [34]=> string(11) "11287" [35]=> string(11) "10639" [36]=> string(9) "4329" [37]=> string(9) "5312" [38]=> string(9) "5327" [39]=> string(11) "10639" [40]=> string(11) "11427" [41]=> string(9) "4973" [42]=> string(9) "5704" [43]=> string(9) "5721" [44]=> string(11) "11427" [45]=> string(11) "11688" [46]=> string(9) "5605" [47]=> string(9) "5841" [48]=> string(9) "5847" ``` UPDATE 3: part of $sql output ``` INSERT IGNORE INTO aducao (tag, tagtime, tagvalue) VALUES ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 00:00:00', 8701), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 01:00:00', 8239), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 02:00:00', 8409), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 03:00:00', 8916), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 04:00:00', 9550), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 05:00:00', 11506), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 06:00:00', 11287), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 07:00:00', 10639), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 08:00:00', 11427), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 09:00:00', 11688), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 10:00:00', 7973), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 11:00:00', 2067), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 12:00:00', 0), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 13:00:00', 0), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 14:00:00', 0), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 15:00:00', 0), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 16:00:00', 0), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 17:00:00', 137), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 18:00:00', 142), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 19:00:00', 140), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 20:00:00', 169), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 21:00:00', 0), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 22:00:00', 161), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-01 23:00:00', 9275), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 00:00:00', 7679), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 01:00:00', 8996), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 02:00:00', 9135), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 03:00:00', 9569), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 04:00:00', 10114), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 05:00:00', 10612), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 06:00:00', 10438), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 07:00:00', 10945), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 08:00:00', 11784), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 09:00:00', 12355), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 10:00:00', 12500), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 11:00:00', 12045), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 12:00:00', 12089), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 13:00:00', 12413), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 14:00:00', 13024), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 15:00:00', 13444), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 16:00:00', 12244), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 17:00:00', 10139), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 18:00:00', 8586), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 19:00:00', 8146), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 20:00:00', 8418), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 21:00:00', 8857), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 22:00:00', 9142), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-02 23:00:00', 9296), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-03 00:00:00', 10015), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-03 01:00:00', 9256), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-03 02:00:00', 9452), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-03 03:00:00', 11136), ('E054_VOL', '2013-10-03 04:00:00', 110) ```