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I have a PHP script with curl's an external site which returns a javascript array that looks like this:

array[0]='some stuff'

array[1]='some more stuff'

I would like to take this and convert it into a PHP array so I can reference it later down in the script for echoing. Is this the way to go about doing it? Is there a better way?

Thanks!

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Can't you just add a $ to array, then a ; at the end of each line? – bozdoz Mar 20 '12 at 19:57
This would make it into an array that PHP would accept, but at that stage it's still sitting in the variable that curl dumped it into. How can I convert that into a PHP array I can access? – user1247483 Mar 20 '12 at 20:06

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If it's a String array, you can use regular expressions:

with this:

preg_match( "\[(\d+)\]='(.*)'" , $curlString , $matches )

you can obtain the index, and the value:

i.e, response of curl:

 array[0] = 'abc';
 array[1] = 'xyz';

before preg_match, the value of $matches was:

 $matches[0] == '0';
 $matches[1] == 'abc';
 $matches[1] == '1';
 $matches[2] == 'xyz';

And with something like this:

for($i = 0; $i < len($matches);$i +=2)
     $finalArray[$matches[i]] = $matches[i+1];

the $finalArray has the same values of "array"

This code can contain errors.

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Thank you very much. – user1247483 Mar 20 '12 at 20:52
It works? Excelent! – Nullpo Mar 21 '12 at 13:10
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if your javascript page return JSON (Javascripit object notation) in http request, you can tranform it in php array with json_decode() php function.

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Unfortunately it returns only what I posted above. A javascript format array in plain text. – user1247483 Mar 20 '12 at 20:10

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