(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)
SplFileObject::setCsvControl — Set the delimiter and enclosure character for CSV
$delimiter = ","
   [, string $enclosure = "\""
   [, string $escape = "\\"
  ]]] )Sets the delimiter and enclosure character for parsing CSV fields.
delimiter
     The field delimiter (one character only).
enclosure
     The field enclosure character (one character only).
escape
     The field escape character (one character only).
No value is returned.
Example #1 SplFileObject::setCsvControl() example
<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("data.csv");
$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::READ_CSV);
$file->setCsvControl('|');
foreach ($file as $row) {
    list ($fruit, $quantity) = $row;
    // Do something with values
}
?>
Contents of data.csv
<?php apples|20 bananas|14 cherries|87 ?>