Convert PHP String to Associative Array - php

Question

I have a string that looks like the below:
Name,Age,Location
Jo,28,London
How would I convert this into an associative array so it reads like this:
Array
(
[Name] => Jo
[Age] => 28
[Location] => London
)
I've tried to explode the string and manipulate it that way but got nowhere fast ($body = explode(',', $body);) I tried to use array_map() but it expected an array in the first place.
I've looked through a few articles (PHP CSV to Associative Array with Row Headings) but again they are using array_map().

Answer 1

You are trying to over-engineer simple thing, which result in wasting too much time for having task done.
$str = "Name,Age,Location\nJo,28,London";
$lines = explode("\n", $str);
$keys = explode(',', $lines[0]);
$vals = explode(',', $lines[1]);
$result = array_combine($keys, $vals);
But even ordinary loop would do the trick in your case and this is what you should end up with unless you had better ideas:
$result = [];
for($i=0; $i<count($keys); $i++) {
$result[$keys[$i]] = $vals[$i];
}
I also recommend getting thru list of available built-in array functions for future benefits.

Answer 2

This answer will handle multilined CSV files.
Array_shift will take the first line and make that the keys, then loop the rest of the lines and use the keys in array_combine.
$str = "Name,Age,Location
Jo,28,London
Do,35,London";
$arr= explode("\n", $str);
$keys = explode(",",array_shift($arr));
foreach($arr as $line){
$new[]= array_combine($keys, explode(",", $line));
}
var_dump($new);
https://3v4l.org/hAmCN
array(2) {
[0]=>
array(3) {
["Name"]=>
string(2) "Jo"
["Age"]=>
string(2) "28"
["Location"]=>
string(6) "London"
}
[1]=>
array(3) {
["Name"]=>
string(2) "Do"
["Age"]=>
string(2) "35"
["Location"]=>
string(6) "London"
}
}

Answer 3

you try this code:
$ex = explode(PHP_EOL, $string)
$arr = array_combine(explode(',',$ex[0]), explode(',',$ex[1]));
print_r($arr);die;

Answer 4

Try this, it's working:
$content = $string;
$delimiter = ",";
$enclosure = '"';
$escape = "\\" ;
$rows = array_filter(explode(PHP_EOL, $content));
$header = NULL;
$data = [];
foreach($rows as $row)
{
$row = str_getcsv ($row, $delimiter, $enclosure , $escape);
if(!$header) {
$header = $row;
} else {
$data[] = array_combine($header, $row);
}
}