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PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:57 pm
by Luke
I have finally found some time to wrap up version .03 of my csv library. I was hoping that somebody here could help me out with a few things. First of all, I have begun writing docs for version 0.3 and I'd like some critique if possible. Second, I need help naming one of the components. Csv_Sniffer detects the format of a csv file. Many people have told me that $sniffer->sniff() is too strange, which I agree with. I was thinking of calling it Csv_Detect, Csv_Inspect, I don't know help me come up with a good name for it. :)

Actually, now that I think about it, I'd really like to come up with a better name for the library in general. PHP CSV Utilities is boring as hell, but it does at least tell the user what it is/does. Does anybody have a better name for the library?

The project's home page his here: http://code.google.com/p/php-csv-utils/

The new documentation can be found at the address below. Thanks to anybody who takes the time :)

http://php-csv-utils.googlecode.com/fil ... tation.odt

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:31 am
by matthijs
Great work.
About the docs: I'll comment on them later.
About the name: I'd call it Csv_Inspect. Csv_Detect doesn't make much sense, because you're not only detecting. And in the first sentence of the docs you start with "This component inspects a sample of CSV data .." so if it does that why not call it that way :)

For the name of the library: what were you thinking about? A less boring but still functional name or a random fancy name?

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:17 am
by jayshields
Go down the "colour-noun" route! Errrm, Pink Light?

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:54 am
by Luke
Well the reason I haven't changed the name from PHP CSV Utilities is because of the fact that it tells you exactly what it is, but lately because of how long the name is, I've been calling it PCU which defeats the purpose of calling it PHP CSV Utilities in the first place. So... I don't really care what it's called but I don't think I like PHP CSV Utilities. I prefixed all the component's classes with "Csv_" (a poor-man's namespace), but I don't think I could call the library Csv. that would be confusing as hell. :(

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:29 pm
by VirtuosiMedia
Spreadsheeter - A PHP CSV Utility Library

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:09 pm
by Luke
Go down the "colour-noun" route! Errrm, Pink Light?
Wouldn't that be "colour-adjective" ? light is not a noun. :?

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:51 pm
by allspiritseve
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:Wouldn't that be "colour-adjective" ? light is not a noun. :?
Think light as in daylight... not light as in not weighing very much ;)

Re: PHP CSV Utilities v0.3 on the way...

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:52 am
by Luke
Think light as in daylight... not light as in not weighing very much
Not sure how I missed that, haha.