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<?php $array = ['a_b_c' => 123]; function assignArrayByPath(&$arr, $path, $value, $separator='.') { $keys = explode($separator, $path); foreach ($keys as $key) { $arr = &$arr[$key]; } $arr = $value; } $result = []; assignArrayByPath($result, key($array), reset($array), '_'); var_export($result);
Output for 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
array ( 'a' => array ( 'b' => array ( 'c' => 123, ), ), )

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