PHP::ParseStr - Implements PHP's parse_str function
use PHP::ParseStr qw(php_parse_str);
my $hr = php_parse_str("stuff[0]=things&stuff[1]=otherthings&widgit[name]=thing&widgit[id]=123");
A simple implementation of PHP's parse_str function. The inverse of
http_build_query (implemented by PHP::HTTPBuildQuery).
Pass your query string into php_parse_str and get a hash ref back.
my $hr = php_parse_str("stuff[0]=things&stuff[1]=otherthings&widgit[name]=thing&widgit[id]=123");
# {
# stuff => [ 'things', 'otherthings' ],
# widgit => {
# id => '123',
# name => 'thing'
# }
# }
Note that unlike PHP's parse_str, we return a hash ref, rather than
automagically creating variables in the passing scope, or filling a hash passed
in by reference. This is A Good Thing.
Currently I assume that anything where the "key" is numeric will be an array. This will cause problems if you get structures with mixed numeric and alphanumeric keys if a numeric one is encountered first.
This module worked well enough for my purposes. YMMV. Patches welcome.
PHP::HTTPBuildQuery does the inverse of this module.
Andrew Bayliss <[email protected]>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.