help with fgetcsv()

[ashutoash]

I am trying to display rows starting with a specific tag when using fgetcsv() like rows starting with tag SY or AP where the first element of each such rows would have SY or AP has prefix example SY-Atlanta, SY-Texas, AP-Atlanta, AP-texas. The next columns in that row would have some data. I want to display only rows with above said prefix. What is the best way to do it? Use preg_match for each row and display it only if it has a match or is there any easier way?

 

Sample data in csv:

 

SY-Atlanta,0,0,0,5,9,9,0

SY-Texas,0,5,8,0,0,8.4

AP-Atlanta,9,4,8,9,0,0,0

AP-Texas,8,0,9,0,0,0,0

DF-Atlanta,8,4,9,3,0,0,0,0

DF-Texas,8,4,9,0,0,0,0,0

[PFMaBiSmAd]

strpos should be faster than preg_match.

 

Directly testing the first two elements of the string holding the data using - $string[0] and $string[1], might even be faster.

[ashutoash]

Thanks. I used both and could not even tell if there was time difference.