Turn an array format string into actual Array in PHP

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I have a string which is stored like this:

["something", "someone", "anything", "anyone"]

Is there a direct function to convert something like this into an array? I tried eval() but it gave an unexpected end of file error.

what do you mean.. as in $string = '["something", "someone", "anything", "anyone"]';? if so, then just type cast it - var_dump((array) $string); — treyBake
– treyBake, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 11:48
@treyBake yes that's how the string is stored. Thanks. I will try that. :) — Real Noob
– Real Noob, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 11:49
You can try $string = '["something", "someone", "anything", "anyone"]'; $array = json_decode($string); var_dump($array); also — elmasterlow
– elmasterlow, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 11:50
Try json_decode('["something", "someone", "anything", "anyone"]') — Justinas
– Justinas, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 11:50

Mohammadali Mirhamed Roui · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 11:56:33Z

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your value is like json you need just decode it like below code :

$string = '["something", "someone", "anything", "anyone"]'; 
$array = json_decode($string);
var_dump($array);

like @elmasterlow say in comment

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 11:56

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maio290 · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 11:53:10Z

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For that example, you could do it with explode and a few str_replace calls:

$string = '["something", "someone", "anything", "anyone"]';
$string = str_replace("[","",$string);
$string = str_replace("]","",$string);
$string = str_replace('"',"",$string);
$array = explode(",",$string);
var_dump($array);

Also json_decode would work, as the comments stated:

$array = json_decode($string,true);

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 11:53

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maio290 Over a year ago

It is, no doubt. Just wanted to show an additional way.

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