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<?php $str1 = 'key1:val1;key2:val2;key3:val3'; $str2 = 'key1:val1;key2:val2;key3:val3;'; function to_arr($str){ $array = array(); preg_match_all('/(.*?):(.*?);/',$str,$matches); foreach($matches[1]as$key=>$val){ $array[$val] = $matches[2][$key]; } return($array); } $arr1 = to_arr($str1); $arr2 = to_arr($str2); print_r($arr1); print_r($arr2);