$value = "Ennie,Meenie,Minie,Mo";
$fh = fopen('php://memory', 'rw');
fwrite($fh, $value);
rewind($fh);
$array = fgetcsv($fh, 1024);
fclose($fh);

Occasionally you'll have a string and need to pass it to a function that will only take a filehandle (such as fgetcsv). Here's how to create a virtual filehandle in memory.

Treat variable as a file

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