Convert String Into array separated by square brackets

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I have a string which contains several square brackets. I need to get the values as array separated by the square brackets. My example will make you sense:

$inputString = "['A'|'AA']['B'|'BB']['C'|'CC']";

My objective is to get the array like this:

0=>'A'|'AA'
1=>'B'|'BB'
2=>'C'|'CC'

It is not clear what you intend the values of your associate array to actually be. What is 'A'|'AA' ? — Tim Biegeleisen
– Tim Biegeleisen, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 7:03
Showing our attempts and where you are having problems both helps in understanding the problem as well as shows you have made some effort. — Nigel Ren
– Nigel Ren, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 7:17
The first A represents an image path and the next AA represents its title. The data is too large. So I use A,B,AA like this. — Shuvashish Paul Sagar
– Shuvashish Paul Sagar, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 7:21

Shashidhara · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 07:06:07Z

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Remove first and last brackets, then use explode function.

$inputString = "['A'|'AA']['B'|'BB']['C'|'CC']";
$inputString = rtrim($inputString,"]");
$inputString = ltrim($inputString,"[");
print_r(explode("][", $inputString));
/*Array
(
  [0] => 'A'|'AA'
  [1] => 'B'|'BB'
  [2] => 'C'|'CC'
)*/

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 7:06

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josephthomaa · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 07:04:53Z

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Try using PHP explode function..

$inputString = "['A'|'AA']['B'|'BB']['C'|'CC']";
$inputString=str_replace("["," ",$inputString);
print_r (explode("]",rtrim($inputString,"]")));

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 7:04

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Suneel Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 07:07:37Z

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Try This

$inputString = "['A'|'AA']['B'|'BB']['C'|'CC']";
$obj = str_replace("]","",str_replace("[","",explode("][", $inputString)));
print_r($obj);

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 7:07

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ewwink · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 07:14:49Z

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using preg_match_all

$inputString = "['A'|'AA']['B'|'BB']['C'|'CC']";
preg_match_all('#\[(.*?)\]#', $inputString, $array);
print_r($array[1]);

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 7:14

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