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<?php $long_string = '"name" => "Able","company" => "Tesla","haircolor" => "brown","name" => "Aaaa","home" => "Kansas","shoe" => 12<>"name" => "Bob","company" => "Target","haircolor" => "red","name" => "Bbbb","home" =>"Ohio","shoe" => 11.5'; function multiexplode ($delimiters,$string) { $ary = explode($delimiters[0],$string); array_shift($delimiters); if($delimiters != NULL) { foreach($ary as $key => $val) { $ary[$key] = multiexplode($delimiters, $val); } } return $ary; } // Example of use // $string = "1-2-3|4-5|6:7-8-9-0|1,2:3-4|5"; // $delimiters = Array(",",":","|","-"); $delimiters = Array("<>",","); $res = multiexplode($delimiters,$long_string); echo '<pre>'; print_r($res); echo '</pre>';

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