To explode the string based on the special characters in Php

Question

I have a string:

xyz.com?username="test"&pwd="test"@score="score"#key="1234"

output format:

array (
    [0] => username="test"
    [1] => pwd="test"
    [2] => score="score"
    [3] => key="1234"
)

Have you tried something ? – Rizier123 Jul 08 '15 at 10:14 — Rizier123, Jul 08 '15 at 10:14
preg_split ( "/\?|&|@|#/", $string ) – splash58 Jul 08 '15 at 10:17 — splash58, Jul 08 '15 at 10:17

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '15 at 10:16

This should work for you:

Just use preg_split() with a character class with all delimiters in it. At the end just use array_shift() to remove the first element.

<?php

    $str = 'xyz.com?username="test"&pwd="test"@score="score"#key="1234"';

    $arr = preg_split("/[?&@#]/", $str);
    array_shift($arr);

    print_r($arr);

?>

output:

Array
(
    [0] => username="test"
    [1] => pwd="test"
    [2] => score="score"
    [3] => key="1234"
)

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '15 at 10:16

You can use preg_split function with regex pattern including all those delimimting special characters. Then remove the first value of the array and reset keys:

$s = 'xyz.com?username="test"&pwd="test"@score="score"#key="1234"';
$a = preg_split('/[?&@#]/',$s);
unset($a[0]);
$a = array_values($a);

print_r($a);

Output:

Array ( 
[0] => username="test" 
[1] => pwd="test" 
[2] => score="score" 
[3] => key="1234" 
)

To explode the string based on the special characters in Php

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