Parse a string to array

Question

I have a string

$str = "recordsArray[]=3&recordsArray[]=1";

Is there any simple way to make this to an array other than exploding this string at &? Im expecting a result like this print_r($str);

//expecting output
array('0' => '3','1' => '1');

Looks more like a regular expression would work better then unserializing. There's no content that looks to be serialized in your question. — canadiancreed
– canadiancreed, Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-12 16:49:16Z

7

Yes there is: parse_str^Docs; Example (Demo):

parse_str("recordsArray[]=3&recordsArray[]=1", $test);
print_r($test);

hakre

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answered Feb 3, 2012 at 5:28

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parse_str("recordsArray[]=3&recordsArray[]=1",$str); print_r($str);exit; //Working :)

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-03 05:30:17Z

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Use preg_match_all like this:

$str = "recordsArray[]=3&recordsArray[]=1";
if ( preg_match_all('~\[\]=(\d+)~i', $str, $m) )
   print_r ( $m[1] );

OUTPUT:

Array
(
    [0] => 3
    [1] => 1
)

answered Feb 3, 2012 at 5:30

anubhava

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+1 Thank you it worked ! ..but i prefer alex's answer..its simple