- str_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
$somearray = array(
'item1' => array(
'subitem1' => 'Some value',
'subitem2' => 'Some other value',
'subitem3' => array(
'subsubitem' => 'A sub value'
)
),
'item2' => 'a different value'
);
$map = "item1/subitem3/subsubitem";
eval('$wanted_value = $somearray["' . str_replace("/",'"]["',$map) . '"];');
echo $wanted_value;