PHP string and number to an array

Question

I have php var with multiple string values and numbers,

$string = 'Simple 12, Complex 16';

i explode this to an array, but i need to explode this string to be like below array.

Array(
   [0] => Array(
      [Simple] => 12,
      [Complex] => 16
   )
)

what is the perfect way to do this in php?

It's simple task. Where is your effort for solving this problem? — Yogesh Suthar
– Yogesh Suthar, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 5:31
i can explode this to an array like Array( [0] => 'Simple 12', 'Complex 16' ) but i dont know how to do the next level: extracting number and string separately. — Kamaal ABOOTHALIB
– Kamaal ABOOTHALIB, Commented Jun 20, 2013 at 5:35

elclanrs · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 05:46:55Z

2

Here's a quick way:

preg_match_all('/(\w+)\s*(\d+)/', $str, $matches);
$result = array_combine($matches[1], $matches[2]);

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 5:46

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Hanky Panky · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 05:33:22Z

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<?php
$string = 'Simple 12, Complex 16';
$values=explode(",",$string);
$result=array();
foreach($values as $value)
{
  $value=trim($value);
  list($type,$count)=explode(" ",$value);
  $result[0][$type]=$count;
}
print_r($result);
?>

Output

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Simple] => 12
            [Complex] => 16
        )

)

Demo

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 5:33

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Kamaal ABOOTHALIB Over a year ago

thanks, but what if that string got string and number without space like > 'Complex16' ?, thanks again.

Hanky Panky Over a year ago

That's another story then, Will Complex be always same word?

Fasil kk · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 05:49:36Z

1

Do like this, if you want to get out put like this.

 <?PHP
    $string = 'Simple 12, Complex 16';
    $my_arr1 = explode(',',$string);
    foreach ($my_arr1 as $value) {
        $value=trim($value);
        $my_arr2 = explode(' ',$value);
        $final_array[$my_arr2[0]]=$my_arr2[1];
    }
    print_r($final_array);

OUTPUT

Array
(
    [Simple] => 12
    [Complex] => 16
)

edited Jun 20, 2013 at 5:49

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 5:43

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DynamicDeveloper · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 05:46:48Z

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<?php
preg_match_all("/[A-Za-z]+/","Simple 12, Complex 16",$keys);
preg_match_all("/[0-9]{2}/","Simple 12, Complex 16",$vals);
$a = array_combine($keys[0],$vals[0]);
print_r($a);

try it out

edited Jun 20, 2013 at 5:46

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 5:40

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Mystic · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 06:09:19Z

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The reply from user "Ø Hanky Panky Ø", have an error:

Here:

$result[0][$type]=$count;

Correctly is:

$result[][$type]=$count;

edited Jun 20, 2013 at 6:09

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answered Jun 20, 2013 at 5:47

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Pramod Ravikant · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20 08:04:34Z

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preg_match_all('/(\w+)\s*(\d+)/', $string, $matc);

$output = array_combine($match[1], $match[2]);

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 8:04

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