Create array from string - PHP - php

Question

I have a string from which I need to get an associative array. I can freely modify the string to look like an array, but I still can't get an array out of it.
I tried explode, json, etc.
$string = $row->id . ',' . $row->title . ',';
// 1,Home,3,Services,6,Service 1,7,Service 2,2,Products
example
public function Menu($parent = null) {
$query = $this->menuManager->getPublicMenus()->where('parent', null)->order('sort_order');
if ($this->menuManager->getPublicMenus()->count() > 0) {
$menu = '';
foreach ($query as $row) {
$menu .= $row->id . ',' . $row->title . ',';
$menu .= $this->Menu($row->id);
}
return $menu;
}
}
I need output:
array
1 => "Home"
3 => "Services"
6 => "Service 1"
7 => "Service 2"
2 => "Products"

Answer 1

In case you HAVE TO use the string.
$input = '1,Home,3,Services,6,Service 1,7,Service 2,2,Products';
$keysAndValues = explode(',', $input);
$result = [];
$count = count($keysAndValues);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i+=2) {
$key = $keysAndValues[$i];
$value = $keysAndValues[$i+1];
$result[$key] = $value;
}
Working example.
output
array(5) {
[1]=>
string(4) "Home"
[3]=>
string(8) "Services"
[6]=>
string(9) "Service 1"
[7]=>
string(9) "Service 2"
[2]=>
string(8) "Products"
}
I see you added an example. To get the array, its much cleaner to do this in your Menu method:
$menu = [];
foreach ($query as $row) {
$menu[$row->id] = [
'title' => $row->title,
'children' => $this->Menu($row->id)
];
}
return $menu;