@Jeff Kershner, as you know, DealerRater became part of the Cars.com family last year. I had quite a bit of learning ahead of me to get up-to-speed on the new acquisition. One of the first things I learned is that my perception of DealerRater as a stand-alone website was horribly outdated. It has become more of a 'Review Engine' driving positive sentiment and credibility out across many of the top platforms. That evolution, combined with the introduction of LotShot, a technology-driven process for gathering reviews, was an eye-opener for me.
<?php
csvToJson("yourInventoryCSVfile.csv");
// php function to convert csv to json format
function csvToJson($fname) {
// open csv file
if (!($fp = fopen($fname, 'r'))) {
die("Can't open file...");
}
//read csv headers
$key = fgetcsv($fp,"1024",",");
// parse csv rows into array
$json = array();
while ($row = fgetcsv($fp,"1024",",")) {
$json[] = array_combine($key, $row);
}
// release file handle
fclose($fp);
//write to json file in same dir. Change the filename below to whatever you like!
$fp2 = fopen('yourJSONfile.json', 'w');
fwrite($fp2, json_encode($json));
fclose($fp2);
// encode array to json
return json_encode($json);
}
?>
