PHP > string2array using a “template”
divide a string with a template. the “template dividers” are the keys for the output array.
<?PHP
function string2array ($string, $template){
#search defined dividers
preg_match_all ("|%(.+)%|U", $template, $template_matches);
#replace dividers with "real dividers"
$template = preg_replace ("|%(.+)%|U", "(.+)", $template);
#search matches
preg_match ("|" . $template . "|", $string, $string_matches);
#[template_match] => $string_match
foreach ($template_matches[1] as $key => $value){
$output[$value] = $string_matches[($key + 1)];
}
return $output;
}
$string1 = 'www.something.com 66.196.91.121 - -
[01/Sep/2005:04:20:39 +0200] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 49 "-"';
$string2= ' - \[: \] " " ""';
print_r (string2array ($string1, $string2));
/*
Array
(
[ServerAddress] => www.something.com
[IP] => 66.196.91.121
[User] => -
[Date] => 01/Sep/2005
[Time] => 04:20:39
[TimeZone] => +0200
[Method] => GET
[Request] => /robots.txt
[Protocol] => HTTP/1.0
[ServerCode] => 200
[Bytes] => 49
[Referer] => -
)
*/
?>