Is there a PHP function that can decode a string containing &=

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I know this is a basic question but I can't find it or even thing what it might be called.

But is there a function to easily decode strings with multiple vars like this?

$vars = 'status=true&stackoverflow=great&apple=red&orange=orange';

How would I get the value of "apple" with a function?

Something like echo '$vars.apple'; etc...

`parse_str()` specifying the second optional parameter `$vars` and then converting $vars to object with `$vars = (object)$vars` will achieve the exact format you desire. — Havenard, Jan 24 '18 at 02:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '18 at 01:54

You should look into parse_url

mixed parse_url ( string $url [, int $component = -1 ] )

This function parses a URL and returns an associative array containing any of the various components of the URL that are present. The values of the array elements are not URL decoded.

This function is not meant to validate the given URL, it only breaks it up into the above listed parts. Partial URLs are also accepted, parse_url() tries its best to parse them correctly

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he wants parse_string, not pars_url – Jan 24 '18 at 02:02

Is there a PHP function that can decode a string containing &=

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