build array from string

Question

I have retrieved the following output from a service.

Output:

OK: set username OK: set password OK: set server state acquiring-network OK: sign-in OK: get-group-members group contact-list contact 5551000008539 name "Driver 2" state offline group contact-list contact 5551000008540 name "Driver 3" state offline group contact-list contact 5551000008541 name "Driver 4" state offline state connecting client-own-id 5551000008535 client-own-id 0 client-own-id 5551000008535 state disconnecting sign-in denied auth-error client-own-id 0 state offline

How can i extract the data into the user array as before?

how can i explode/implode/preg match or whatever into an array of users. like:

$users - Driver 2 => 5551000008539
         Driver 3 => 5551000008540
         Driver 4 => 5551000008541

You probably need to post the exact format of the input string (including newlines) to get a valid answer. — user895378
– user895378, Commented Mar 6, 2012 at 20:40
Perhaps ":" is a separator. But clarification is needed before I'll try to answer this. — Graham
– Graham, Commented Mar 6, 2012 at 20:40

Salman Arshad · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-06 20:50:53Z

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<?php
$str = 'OK: set username OK: set password OK: set server state acquiring-network OK: sign-in OK: get-group-members group contact-list contact 5551000008539 name "Driver 2" state offline group contact-list contact 5551000008540 name "Driver 3" state offline group contact-list contact 5551000008541 name "Driver 4" state offline state connecting client-own-id 5551000008535 client-own-id 0 client-own-id 5551000008535 state disconnecting sign-in denied auth-error client-own-id 0 state offline';
preg_match_all('@contact (\d+) name "(.+?)"@', $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
print_r($matches);
$array = array();
foreach($matches as $match) {
    $array[$match[2]] = $match[1];
}
print_r($array);

~~Salvaging the data from $matches is left as an exercise.~~

edited Mar 6, 2012 at 20:50

answered Mar 6, 2012 at 20:44

Salman Arshad

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Vince Lowe Over a year ago

just got 2 empty arrays.. Array ( ) Array ( )

The Nail · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-06 20:47:00Z

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Try this (assuming $s contains the output from our service):

preg_match_all("/contact-list contact (\\d+) name \"(.*?)\"/", $s, $out, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

And to create an array with names as keys and the numbers as values:

$result = array_combine($out[2], $out[1]);

answered Mar 6, 2012 at 20:47

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Vince Lowe Over a year ago

Warning: array_combine() [function.array-combine]: Both parameters should have at least 1 element

The Nail Over a year ago

assign

$s = 'OK: set username OK: set password OK: set server state acquiring-network OK: sign-in OK: get-group-members group contact-list contact 5551000008539 name "Driver 2" state offline group contact-list contact 5551000008540 name "Driver 3" state offline group contact-list contact 5551000008541 name "Driver 4" state offline state connecting client-own-id 5551000008535 client-own-id 0 client-own-id 5551000008535 state disconnecting sign-in denied auth-error client-own-id 0 state offline';

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