Convert string to array in php

Question

I got a result set in array format and i want to make square bracket value as a key and the other one as a value

here is my code

[Name]asdasdasd [Email][email protected] [Phone Number]42342342342 [Subject]dsafsdfsd [Company Name]ZXZXZX [Country]Antarctica

i want output like :- array("name"=>"asdasdasd", "Email"=>"[email protected]");

how can i do this in PHP any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks Jassi

i want to convert string to array with the following output, can you tell me how can it possible — Jassi Oberoi
– Jassi Oberoi, Commented Apr 2, 2012 at 12:19
You didn't answer my question. What have you tried so far? We aren't going to code for you. — Madara's Ghost
– Madara's Ghost, Commented Apr 2, 2012 at 12:21
i tried using explode function but didn't get the exact output what i want it. — Jassi Oberoi
– Jassi Oberoi, Commented Apr 2, 2012 at 12:24

Aram Kocharyan · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02 12:35:42Z

2

You could do:

<?php
$str = '[Name]asdasdasd [Email][email protected] [Phone Number]42342342342 [Subject]dsafsdfsd [Company Name]ZXZXZX [Country]Antarctica ';

preg_match_all('#\[([^\]]+)\]\s*([^\]\[]*[^\]\[\s])#msi', $str, $matches);

$keys = $matches[1];
$values = $matches[2];

// PHP 5
var_dump( array_combine($keys, $values) );
?>

array(6) {
  ["Name"]=>
  string(9) "asdasdasd"
  ["Email"]=>
  string(13) "[email protected]"
  ["Phone Number"]=>
  string(11) "42342342342"
  ["Subject"]=>
  string(9) "dsafsdfsd"
  ["Company Name"]=>
  string(6) "ZXZXZX"
  ["Country"]=>
  string(10) "Antarctica"
}

The regex is a bit more complicated looking, but it basically matches anything but [], allows whitespace in the value and makes sure that the last character isn't [] or whitespace. You could probably get away with ([^\]\[\s]+) if you knew you were never going to have spaces.

edited Apr 2, 2012 at 12:35

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 12:28

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bendataclear · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02 12:23:46Z

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You could adapt this code below for your exact formatting (from this article):

<?php

$assoc_array = array("Key1" => "Value1", "Key2" => "Value2");

$new_array = array_map(create_function('$key, $value', 'return $key.":".$value." # ";'), array_keys($assoc_array), array_values($assoc_array));

print implode($new_array);

?>

Which will output:

Key1:Value1 # Key2:Value2 #

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 12:23

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Bram · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02 12:23:42Z

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There's no point in someone giving you the exact code, this can be done with some basic functions. Read up on some of the following functions and work something out for yourself, learn ;)

Or if you're feeling adventurous, there's always: preg_match_all().

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 12:23

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