PHP script - list to php array
Jun 17, 2010
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Save yourself some formatting work when making arrays from lists, make php write the code for you.
Lets say you found yourself a list of states ( list below shortened for brevity ) and you want to turn that list into a php array. You don't want to go in by hand and format this array one item line at a time. Here is some code that will help you with this.
$text = <<< ENDTEXT
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
ENDTEXT;
$arr = array();
$lines = explode("\n",$text);
foreach($lines as $l) {
$str = trim($l);
if ( ! $str ) continue;
array_push($arr,$str);
}
var_export($arr);
After you run this code, you will see it has outputted valid php code for your array. If you want a more concise array ( without the array defining the numerical index for each item ) you can change the code to the following and it will generate it for you.
$text = <<< ENDTEXT
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
ENDTEXT;
echo "array(\n";
$lines = explode("\n",$text);
foreach($lines as $l) {
$str = trim($l);
if ( ! $str ) continue;
echo "\t'$str',\n";
}
echo ")";
That's all there is too it, you now have a php script writing php for you.
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