- explode: 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";
$parts = explode("/", $map);
$currentData = $somearray;
for ($i = 0; $i < count($parts); $i++) {
$currentData = $currentData[$parts[$i]];
}
$result = $currentData;
echo $result;