Question

I need to extract name from a big data pouch .

$frame = '\"Amy Dardomba\":1,\"Kisb Muj Lorence\":1,\"Apkio Ronald\":1,....

there are more than 200-300 names which i have to put in array .

i tried ,

    preg_match_all('#\/"(.*)\/":1#',$frame,$imn);
print_r($imn);

but it doesnt works . Please help me .

Thanks

Answer 1

That data looks like some bastardised JSON to me. Assuming the format of your code is the same all the way as above, try this:

// Two pass approach to interpollate escape sequences correctly
$toJSON = '{"json":"{'.$frame.'}"}';
$firstPass = json_decode($toJSON, TRUE);
$secondPass = json_decode($firstPass['json'], TRUE);

// Just get the keys of the resulting array
$names = array_keys($secondPass);

print_r($names);
/*
  Array
  (
      [0] => Amy Dardomba
      [1] => Kisb Muj Lorence
      [2] => Apkio Ronald
      ...
  )
*/

See it working