Convert string(with array format) into array - PHP - php

Question

I'm sending a string of data via CURL using data from post, and receiving a response in a string as well which is in the form on an array. I'm trying to convert such response into an actual Array. Heres the code I have so far:
the response string im getting is this:
Test transaction_id="2401_02-29-12_22:28:34_0" action="payment"
result="success" to_from="to" amount="205.00" gross="205.00"
net="-0.85" custom="" business="XXXX#XXXX.com" item_name="XXXXX.XXX"
item_code="Product Name 3," quantity="1" transaction_type="authorized
payment" transaction_status="pending" transaction_date="2012-02-29
22:28:34" processing_rate="0.85" discount_fee="0.00"
first_name="TESTNAME" last_name="TESTLNAME" address="TESTADDRESS"
city="TESTCITY" state_or_province="AL" country="US"
zip_or_postal_code="12345" phone="1234562002" email="email#wemail.es"
shipment="yes" shipping_address="TESTADDRESS" shipping_city="TESTCITY"
shipping_state_or_province="AL" shipping_country="US"
shipping_zip_or_postal_code="12345" processing_time="0.2187"
And the code im using to get such response is
<?php
// Get variables from POST array into a string
$post_str = "action=payment&business=" .urlencode($this->input->post('business'))
."&vericode=" .urlencode($this->input->post('vericode'))
."&item_name=" .urlencode($this->input->post('item_name'))
."&item_code=" .urlencode($this->input->post('item_code'))
."&quantity=" .urlencode($this->input->post('quantity'))
."&amount=" .urlencode($this->input->post('amount'))
."&cc_type=" .urlencode($this->input->post('cc_type'))
."&cc_number=" .urlencode($this->input->post('cc_number'))
."&cc_expdate=" .urlencode($this->input->post('cc_expdate_year')).urlencode($this->input->post('cc_expdate_month'))
."&cc_security_code=" .urlencode($this->input->post('cc_security_code'))
."&shipment=" .urlencode($this->input->post('shipment'))
."&first_name=" .urlencode($this->input->post('first_name'))
."&last_name=" .urlencode($this->input->post('last_name'))
."&address=" .urlencode($this->input->post('address'))
."&city=" .urlencode($this->input->post('city'))
."&state_or_province=" .urlencode($this->input->post('state_or_province'))
."&zip_or_postal_code=" .urlencode($this->input->post('zip_or_postal_code'))
."&country=" .urlencode($this->input->post('country'))
."&shipping_address=" .urlencode($this->input->post('shipping_address'))
."&shipping_city=" .urlencode($this->input->post('shipping_city'))
."&shipping_state_or_province=" .urlencode($this->input->post('shipping_state_or_province'))
."&shipping_zip_or_postal_code=".urlencode($this->input->post('shipping_zip_or_postal_code'))
."&shipping_country=" .urlencode($this->input->post('shipping_country'))
."&phone=" .urlencode($this->input->post('phone'))
."&email=" .urlencode($this->input->post('email'))
."&ip_address=" .urlencode($this->input->post('ip_address'))
."&website_unique_id=" .urlencode($this->input->post('website_unique_id'));
// Send URL string via CURL
$backendUrl = "https://www.veripayment.com/integration/index.php";
$this->curl->create($backendUrl);
$this->curl->post($post_str);
// get response from API
$return_str = $this->curl->execute();
?>

Answer 1

If the response you're receiving has elements separated by a space you might use
function parse($response)
{
$result = array();
$resparray = explode(' ', $response);
if ($resparray)
{
foreach ($resparray as $resp) {
$keyvalue = explode('=', $resp);
$result[$keyvalue[0]] = str_replace('"', '', $keyvalue[1]);
}
}
return $result;
}
Edited and corrected, Here's the output
Array ( [transaction_id] => 2401_02-29-12_22:28:34_0 [action] => payment [result] => success [to_from] => to [amount] => 205.00 [gross] => 205.00 [net] => -0.85 [custom] => [business] => XXXX#XXXX.com [item_name] => XXXXX.XXX [item_code] => Product [Name] => [3,"] => [quantity] => 1 [transaction_type] => authorized [payment"] => [transaction_status] => pending [transaction_date] => 2012-02-29 [22:28:34"] => [processing_rate] => 0.85 [discount_fee] => 0.00 [first_name] => TESTNAME [last_name] => TESTLNAME [address] => TESTADDRESS [city] => TESTCITY [state_or_province] => AL [country] => US [zip_or_postal_code] => 12345 [phone] => 1234562002 [email] => email#wemail.es [shipment] => yes [shipping_address] => TESTADDRESS [shipping_city] => TESTCITY [shipping_state_or_province] => AL [shipping_country] => US [shipping_zip_or_postal_code] => 12345 [processing_time] => 0.2187