Question

Is it possible to have a string like this:

|
details==Here are some details
|
facebook_url==therweerw
|
random_word==blah blah
|

and get this:

$details = "Here are some details";
$facebook_url = "therweerw";
$random_word = "blah blah";

The main point is I’d like to parse this in a way that the string to the left of the “==” delimiter will become a variable with the string to the right as it’s string. I’d like to not have to hard-code those variables.

Answer 1

$str = '|
details==Here are some details
|
facebook_url==therweerw
|
random_word==blah blah
|';

preg_match_all('~^(\w+)==(.*)$~m', $str, $matches);

foreach ($matches[1] as $i => $name) {
    $$name = $matches[2][$i];
}

var_dump($details, $facebook_url, $random_word);

And running sample: http://ideone.com/Vns7Y