Question

I have a string

$str = "recordsArray[]=3&recordsArray[]=1";

Is there any simple way to make this to an array other than exploding
this string at &? Im expecting a result like this print_r($str);

//expecting output
array('0' => '3','1' => '1');

Answer 1

Yes there is: parse_str^Docs; Example (Demo):

parse_str("recordsArray[]=3&recordsArray[]=1", $test);
print_r($test);