Same problem in version 5.2.10

shell > php --version
PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.5

php > var_dump(file("csvtest.csv"));
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(4) "a,b
"
  [1]=>
  string(5) " c,d
"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "
"
}
php > $handle = fopen("csvtest.csv", "r");
php > $a = fgetcsv($handle);
php > var_dump($a);
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "b"
}
php > $a = fgetcsv($handle);
php > var_dump($a);
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "c"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "d"
}

I'm posting a comment here instead of a bug because I feel we may be 
encountering the same issue.

My problem is that fgetcsv seems to trim whitespace at the beginning of any 
field -- not just at the beginning of a record.

In a record (our files are separated by a pipe symbol):
"001|00005964_154|OGLCV|003| 
174699|USD|0326049|Corporation||000000|11/03/27||11/04/14|1|MPY||CP"

The field " 174699" gets inserted into the array as "174699".

We are expecting the leading whitespace to not be trimmed.

Forgot to add that we are on hp-ux 11.11i. Php ver 5.2.4.

Same issue on Mac OS X 10.6.7 running PHP ver 5.3.4.

Indeed, I overlooked that.

I added your data to my test (without the quotes and line break, of course) and I can confirm that issue. I changed the summary accordingly.

Same problem for me on Ubuntu 10.04 - PHP 5.3.2

I would much prefer to control if/when the fields are trimmed via trimming them 
myself, or via a flag.

This bug has been fixed in SVN.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Please reopen this bug - it's not working when the delimiter is a tab and an 
enclosure is used.

Test script:
------------

print_r(str_getcsv("1\t2\t3", "\t", "'"));
print_r(str_getcsv("1\t\t3", "\t", ""));
print_r(str_getcsv("'1'\t\t'3'", "\t", "'"));

Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
)
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 
    [2] => 3
)
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 
    [2] => 3
)

Actual result (PHP 5.3.8)
-------------------------
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
    [3] => 3
)
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 
    [2] => 3
)
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 3
)

Before this patch, the actual result was the same as the expected result.

Thanks,
Greg

I see unexpected result too with gentoo :

boricare ~ # php -a
Interactive shell

php > print_r(str_getcsv("1\t2\t3", "\t", "'"));
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
)
php > print_r(str_getcsv("1\t\t3", "\t", ""));
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] =>
    [2] => 3
)
php > print_r(str_getcsv("'1'\t\t'3'", "\t", "'"));
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 3
)

boricare ~ # php -v
PHP 5.3.8-pl0-gentoo (cli) (built: Nov 30 2011 10:13:54)
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2010, by Derick Rethans