PHP: Explode a file and only output parts that has a value
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<table>
<?php
$file_handle = fopen("names.txt", "rb");

while (!feof($file_handle) ) {

$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
$parts = explode(',', $line_of_text);

echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><strong>" . $parts[0] ."</strong></td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[1] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[2] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[3] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[4] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[5] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[6] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[7] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[8] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[9] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $parts[10] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}

fclose($file_handle);

?>
</table>

for($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
    echo '<td>' . (!empty($parts[$i]) ? $parts[$i] : '') . '</td>';
}

<table>
<?php
$handle = fopen("test.csv", "r");
while (($parts = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<td><strong>" . $parts[0] ."</strong></td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[1] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[2] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[3] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[4] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[5] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[6] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[7] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[8] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[9] . "</td>";
    echo "<td>" . $parts[10] . "</td>";
    echo "</tr>";
}
fclose($file_handle);
?>
</table>

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

$parts = explode(",", $line_of_text.",,,,,,,,,,");

<table>
<?php
$file_handle = fopen("names.txt", "rb");

while (!feof($file_handle) ) {

$line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
$parts = explode(',', $line_of_text);

echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><strong>" . $parts[0] ."</strong></td>";
for($i=1; $i<=10; $i++) {
    echo "<td>" . $parts[$i] ? $parts[$i] : '' . "</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
}

fclose($file_handle);

?>
</table>

while (!feof($file_handle) )
{
  $line_of_text = fgets($file_handle);
  $parts = explode(',', $line_of_text);

  // line not empty?
  if (isset($parts[0]) && !empty($parts[0]))
  {
    // first line
    echo '<td>' . $parts[0] . '</td>';
    // other lines
    for($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
      // echo with check
      echo '<td>' . (isset($parts[$i]) ? $parts[$i] : '') . '</td>';
    }
  }
}