将纯文本转换为数组

Question

If I get the following text string from mysql (or whatever) how can I convert it to an actual array using PHP?

array("foo" => "bar","honey" => "pops")

I know I can save an array in a serialized state, but that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid here.

Answer 1

The answer is "don't do this". Never put PHP code in your database. The database is for data, not code.

The correct way is to store a serialized array (not sure why you'd want to avoid that).