How to convert String Array to Real array PHP

Question

Hello, as you can see in the screenshot, when i extract data from a site with PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser. I have this result , so i would like to convert this data to a real array to have the real control and the opportunity to access with $array['label']

<?php include_once('simple_html_dom.php'); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>

<title> HTML DOM Parser</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
set_time_limit(0);
$html=file_get_html('https://www.monreseauplus.com/villes/');
$array[]=array();
$array3[]=array();
foreach($html->find('.ul. li.cat-item a') as $elements){
    $array2=$elements->title;
    $array=str_replace(':','=>',$array2);
    $arraynospec=htmlspecialchars_decode($array);
    var_dump($arraynospec);
    }
?>
</body>
</html>

Screenshots aren't a very good way of sharing code. It's better to put it in a code block. — Matthew Daly
– Matthew Daly, Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 20:17
A real array? You will need to suuply more information than this, and documented examples of what you have tried, and researched. And yes, a screenshot of a mess is not really helpful for others to be helpful. — IncredibleHat
– IncredibleHat, Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 20:18
This is my code : $array2=$elements->title; $array=str_replace(':','=>',$array2); $arraynospec=htmlspecialchars_decode($array); $json = json_encode($arraynospec); var_dump(json_decode($json)); — Anas Valencia
– Anas Valencia, Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 20:36

acaputo · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-02 22:24:07Z

0

So it looks like you are trying to string manipulate JSON to try to make some sort of associative array. Replacing the : with => is not the right move here...

    <?php include_once('simple_html_dom.php'); ?>
    <!DOCTYPE html>

    <html>
    <head>

    <title> HTML DOM Parser</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <?php
    header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
    set_time_limit(0);
    $html=file_get_html('https://www.monreseauplus.com/villes/');
    $array[]=array();
    $array3[]=array();
    foreach($html->find('.ul. li.cat-item a') as $elements){
        $array2=$elements->title;
        $array=json_decode($array2,true)
        $arraynospec=htmlspecialchars_decode($array);
        var_dump($arraynospec);
    }
    ?>
    </body>
    </html>

Try that

This is the problem: $array=str_replace(':','=>',$array2); Looks like it was already in JSON!

edited Nov 2, 2017 at 22:24

answered Nov 2, 2017 at 20:22

acaputo

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Anas Valencia Over a year ago

firstly , thank you for your reply but this doesn't work for me as you can view in this screen :img4.hostingpics.net/pics/171183oop.png . i use var_dump to show data in this example

acaputo Over a year ago

Did you try unserialize?

Anas Valencia Over a year ago

when i use unserialize i have this error : unserialize(): Error at offset 0 of 54 bytes

acaputo Over a year ago

check this out stackoverflow.com/questions/10152904/… Looks like it's due to special characters

Anas Valencia Over a year ago

i use base64_encode(serialize($data)); and $array3=unserialize(base64_decode($string)) but this shows me the same result : img4.hostingpics.net/pics/171183oop.png

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