Online PHP editor | output for sLvXp

<?php $input = "objectId | 19 location.street | Rue des clochets translations.fr.idTranslation | 4"; $output = []; $lines = explode("\n", $input); foreach ($lines as $line) { $cols = explode("|", $line); $key = trim($cols[0]); $value = trim($cols[1]); $indices = explode('.', $key); $first = array_shift($indices); if (!isset($output[$first])) $output[$first] = []; $target = &$output[$first]; foreach ($indices as $index) { if (!isset($target[$index])) { $target[$index] = []; $target = &$target[$index]; } } $target = $value; } var_dump($output);