NAME

PHP::ParseStr - Implements PHP's parse_str function

SYNOPSIS

use PHP::ParseStr qw(php_parse_str);
my $hr = php_parse_str("stuff[0]=things&stuff[1]=otherthings&widgit[name]=thing&widgit[id]=123");

DESCRIPTION

A simple implementation of PHP's parse_str function. The inverse of http_build_query (implemented by PHP::HTTPBuildQuery).

USAGE

Pass your query string into php_parse_str and get a hash ref back.

my $hr = php_parse_str("stuff[0]=things&stuff[1]=otherthings&widgit[name]=thing&widgit[id]=123");
# {
#     stuff => [ 'things', 'otherthings' ],
#     widgit => {
#         id => '123',
#         name => 'thing'
#     }
# }

Note that unlike PHP's parse_str, we return a hash ref, rather than automagically creating variables in the passing scope, or filling a hash passed in by reference. This is A Good Thing.

BUGS / LIMITATIONS

Currently I assume that anything where the "key" is numeric will be an array. This will cause problems if you get structures with mixed numeric and alphanumeric keys if a numeric one is encountered first.

This module worked well enough for my purposes. YMMV. Patches welcome.

SEE ALSO

PHP::HTTPBuildQuery does the inverse of this module.

AUTHOR

Andrew Bayliss <abayliss@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.