PHP: Convert comma separated value pair string to Array

Question

I have comma separated value pairs and I would like to convert it to associative array in php.

Example:

{ 
   Age:30,
   Weight:80,
   Height:180
}
         


        

Answer 1

You can get all values in an array by using this basic example:

// your string
$string = "{ 
   Age:30,
   Weight:80,
   Height:180
}";

// preg_match inside the {}
preg_match('/\K[^{]*(?=})/', $string, $matches);

$matchedResult = $matches[0];
$exploded = explode(",",$matchedResult); // explode with ,

$yourData = array();
foreach ($exploded as $value) {
    $result = explode(':',$value); // explode with :
    $yourData[$result[0]] = $result[1];
}

echo "
";
print_r($yourData);


Result:

Array
(
    [Age] => 30
    [Weight] => 80
    [Height] => 180
)


Explanation:


(?<=}) look behind asserts.
K[^{] matches the opening braces and K tells what was matched.