Req #75639 [Wfx->Csd]: string2array($str)

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75639&edit=1 ID: 75639 User updated by: web at houhejie dot cn Reported by: web at houhejie dot cn Summary: string2array($str) -Status: Wont fix +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues PHP Version: Next Major Version Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: OK,spam2 is right. I forgot it. json_decode() works well~ thanks~ and I add a note to json_decode() and book.array, hope add this to array list to help others:) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-12-06 11:45:04] requinix@php.net $arr=[1,[2-1,2-2]] would presumably be $arr=[1,[1,0]] which requires evaluation and, like you said, that's dangerous. Plus this is a very specific request with very specific use cases, and there's so much room for flexibility that one function alone might not be enough. As spam2 said, the string is close to JSON so that might work for you. The traditional approach to this is to write a parser, with or without tools to assist you. If you're confident with regular expressions (or know someone who is) then you could use a regex to validate the string before eval(), which is obviously still risky. But using a different serialization format might be best - if that's an option for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-12-06 11:40:02] spam2 at rhsoft dot net that's why json exists http://at2.php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php http://at2.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-12-06 11:29:11] web at houhejie dot cn Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/ref.strings --- hope have a function string2array($str) to convert a arrayString to Array, like:"[1,[2-1,2-2]]". we can't use the split() or explode(), although the eval() can do it , but that's very dangerous for uncontrolled data. Test script: --------------- $arr=string2array("[1,[2-1,2-2]]"); Expected result: ---------------- $arr=[1,[2-1,2-2]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75639&edit=1