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<?php $array_string = 'Array ( [0] => 2018-08-21 10:00:00 [1] => 2018-08-28 10:00:00 [2] => 2018-09-04 10:00:00 [3] => 2018-09-11 10:00:00 [4] => 2018-09-18 10:00:00 )'; $array_string = preg_replace('/\[(\d+)\] => (.*?)(?=\s+[[)])/s', "'$1' => '$2',", $array_string); eval("\$array1 = $array_string;"); var_dump($array1);
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.27, 8.4.1 - 8.4.14
array(5) { [0]=> string(19) "2018-08-21 10:00:00" [1]=> string(19) "2018-08-28 10:00:00" [2]=> string(19) "2018-09-04 10:00:00" [3]=> string(19) "2018-09-11 10:00:00" [4]=> string(19) "2018-09-18 10:00:00" }

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