PHP Array assistance

[bob3940]

I am new to PHP and for some reason I am having an extremely hard time with arrays. I need to convert a string into a two dimensional array.

My program is being passed a string that looks like this:
field1:value1%field2:value2%field3:value3%...

There will always be a field and a value combination but the number of these sets may vary. I know that I need to use the explode function but I am having trouble with it.

My logic is something like this:

break the string into an array using the explode function on the % character so that it looks something like this

array(1)=field1:value1
array(2)=field2:value2
etc...

I then need to use the explode function on the : character in that array so that I get the something along the lines of the following

array(1,1)=Field1,value1
array(2,1)=Field2,value2
array(3,1)=Field3,value3

I am having pretty good luck with everything else in PHP but these arrays are really screwing me up.

Can you provide me with a code sample that would accomplish this?

 

[jpadie]

$string = 'field1:value1%field2:value2%field3:value3%...';
$rows = explode('%',$string);
$data = array();
foreach($rows as $row):
  list($field,$value) = explode(':', $row);
  $data[$field] = $value;
endforeach;
print_r($data);

you could also use str_getcsv()