How to split url parameters with ampersand as array - php

Question

I want to split the parameters sent through URL.
Here is my text.
"mytext=A & B
Company&anothertext=20&texttwo=SampleText&array[1]=10&array[2]=20"
Expected output:
['mytext'=>'A & B Company', 'anothertext'=> 20, 'texttwo' =>
'SampleText', array[1] => 10, array[2] => 20 ].
I tried with explode('&', $params) and parse_str($url_components['query'], $params);
both giving only A as result. I need as 'A & B Company'. How to achieve this?

Answer 1

I think you're looking for parse_str()?
See: https://3v4l.org/L2UZa
The result is:
array(5) {
["mytext"] => string(2) "A "
["B_Company"] => string(0) ""
["anothertext"]=> string(2) "20"
["texttwo"] => string(10) "SampleText"
["array"] => array(2) {
[1] => string(2) "10"
[2] => string(2) "20"
}
}
This differs slight from what you want because of the &. if you could replace the & with the URL encoded version %26 it would work.
See: https://3v4l.org/OXfsD
The result now is:
array(5) {
["mytext"] => string(2) "A & B_Company"
["anothertext"]=> string(2) "20"
["texttwo"] => string(10) "SampleText"
["array"] => array(2) {
[1] => string(2) "10"
[2] => string(2) "20"
}
}
Basically the & is an anomaly, it shouldn't have been there in the first place. URL query parameters should be made with urlencode(), or something equivalent, which would have replace & by %26.