PHP set dynamic array index - php

Question

I have the following key/value from my $_POST variable:
Array
(
'translations_0_comment' => 'Greetings from UK'
)
What I would like is to set this values to the following array
$data[translations][0][comment] = 'Greetings from UK';
So the idea is that I can have anything in my KEY values, and from that I will populate an array.
Is there any safe way to do this without using eval() ?
All help is appreciated.
UPDATE:
this would be the idea with eval()
foreach ($_POST as $key => $dataValue) {
$a = explode("_", $key);
$builder = '$object';
foreach ($a as $value) {
$builder.='['.$value.']';
}
$builder.=' = '.$dataValue.';';
eval($builder);
}

Answer 1

I think you are looking for this
function set_value($object, $paths, $value, $index){
$key = $paths[$index];
$sub_object = $object[$key];
if (!is_array($sub_object)){
$object[$key] = $value;
}else{
$index = $index+1;
$object[$key] = set_value($sub_object, $paths, $value, $index);
}
return $object;
}

Answer 2

explode() is what you need:
$data = array();
foreach ($postData as $key => $val) {
$explodedKey = explode('_', $key);
$data[$explodedKey[0]][$explodedKey[1]][explodedKey[2]] = $val;
}
No need to use eval().

Answer 3

I think this is what you are looking for
Example
In your form which generate the $_POST data rename the input attribute as follows
<input name="data[translations][0][comment]" />
and now your $_POST['data'] will be an array

Answer 4

$data = array();
foreach ($_POST as $keys => $val) {
$keys_list = explode('_', $keys);
$link = &$data;
foreach ($keys_list as $key) {
$link[$key] = $val;
$link = &$link[$key];
}
}

Answer 5

Try this one sir.
$array = array
(
'TRY_THIS_ONE_SIR_PLEASE_THANKS' => 'Greetings from UK'
);
$array1 = array_keys($array);
$arrValue = array_values($array);
$array1 = explode("_", $array1[0]);
$ctr = count($array1);
for($i=0; $i<$ctr; $i++)
{
$start .= "array(\"".$array1[$i]."\" => ";
$end .=")";
}
$start = $start ."\"".$arrValue[0]."\"".$end;
eval("\$arr = $start;");
print_r($arr);