Title: Import export .csv
Last modified: June 3, 2026

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# Import export .csv

 *  [Jacob N. Breetvelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opajaap/)
 * (@opajaap)
 * [4 days, 22 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-export-csv-7/)
 * I am the developer of plugin wp-photo-album-plus
    One of the (admin) features
   is to import/export media item metadata in the form of .csv files. I use the 
   php functions str_getcsv() and fputcsv(). To use fputcsv() a file must be opend
   by fopen(), and afterwards closed by fclose(). I also use fwrite() for the header
   line of the .csv file.
 * However, plugin check reports the following errors:
 * >  ERROR WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopen File 
   > operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem
   > calls. Found: fopen().
   >  ERROR WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose
   > File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem
   > calls. Found: fclose(). ERROR WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fwrite
   > File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem
   > calls. Found: fwrite().
 * And these functions do not exist in WP_Filesystem_Direct.
 * So, any idea how to fix this?

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [4 days, 21 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-export-csv-7/#post-18927609)
 * Which plugin check are you using exactly? The PCP plugin or the GitHub Action?
   With PCP, I don’t see any errors in the information displayed in my plugins, 
   even when generating CSV files. Regardless, I would still just use this method
   to generate CSV files and document it accordingly in the code comments. If the
   plugin team sees this, they’ll be able to understand it.
 *  Thread Starter [Jacob N. Breetvelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opajaap/)
 * (@opajaap)
 * [4 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-export-csv-7/#post-18927717)
 * I use this plugin check: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-check/)
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [4 days, 16 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-export-csv-7/#post-18927907)
 * Yep, that’s what I meant by PCP. The plugin also detects this PHP function in
   some of my plugins and flags it as an error. As I said, I’d recommend ignoring
   it and clearly documenting in the code itself why you’re using it the way it’s
   written there. Anyone who looks at the code will understand.

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