PHP create array from a string

Question

i have a string it looks like this:

brand[split]bmw[split]year[split]2008[split]model[split]730D

I want it to convert to an array that looks like this:

Array ( [brand] => bmw [year] => 2008 [model] => 730D )

is there any easy way to do this?

Egg · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-11 17:01:05Z

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explode() will split a string into an array of pieces:

$string = "brand[split]bmw[split]year[split]2008[split]model[split]730D";
$array = explode("[split]", $string);

Then you want to join the first to the second, third to the fourth etc:

for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {
    $result[$array[$i]] = $array[$i+1];
    $i++;
}

This returns:

array:3 [▼
  "brand" => "bmw"
  "year" => "2008"
  "model" => "730D"
]

edited Mar 11, 2016 at 17:01

answered Mar 11, 2016 at 16:49

Egg

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3 Comments

Vazzilly Over a year ago

it creates multiple arrays:

Array ( [0] => Array ( [brand] => bmw ) [1] => Array ( [year] => 2008 ) [2] => Array ( [model] => 730D ) [3] => Array ( [] => ) [4] => Array ( [] => ) [5] => Array ( [] => ) )

Egg Over a year ago

Just updated the answer with an improved answer (using for instead of foreach).

Egg Over a year ago

You're welcome. I don't like the $i++ inside the for loop, but I'm not sure how to $i+2 in the third expression :s

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