converting string containing keys and values into array

Question

does anyone know an elagant way of turning this string (the list is not definite.. the "keys" and "values" can be added arbitrarily)

business_type,cafe|business_type_plural,cafes|sample_tag,couch|business_name,couch cafe

into this array?

array(
     [business_type]=>'cafe'
     [business_type_plural] => 'cafes'
     [sample_tag]=>'couch'
     [business_name]=>'couch cafe'
     )

Chopin23 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-02 16:51:36Z

28

Explode it!

$string = "business_type,cafe|business_type_plural,cafes|sample_tag,couch|business_name,couch cafe";

$finalArray = array();

$asArr = explode( '|', $string );

foreach( $asArr as $val ){
  $tmp = explode( ',', $val );
  $finalArray[ $tmp[0] ] = $tmp[1];
}

print_r( $finalArray );

This will output the following:

Array
(
    [business_type] => cafe
    [business_type_plural] => cafes
    [sample_tag] => couch
    [business_name] => couch cafe
)

edited Nov 2, 2017 at 16:51

Chopin23

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answered Oct 27, 2010 at 12:46

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