If you need the inverse functionality, and (like me) you cannot use pecl_http, you may want to use something akin to the following.
<?php function http_parse_query($Query) {
$Delimiter = ini_get('arg_separator.input');
$Params = array();
foreach (explode($Delimiter, $Query) as $NameValue) {
preg_match(
'/^(?P<name>[^=\[]*)(?P<indices_present>\[(?P<indices>[^\]]*(\]\[[^\]]*)*)\]?)?(?P<value_present>=(?P<value>.*))?$/',
$NameValue,
$NameValueParts
);
if (!empty($NameValueParts)) {
$Param =& $Params[$NameValueParts['name']];
if (!empty($NameValueParts['indices_present'])) {
$Indices = explode('][', $NameValueParts['indices']);
foreach ($Indices as $Index) {
if (!is_array($Param)) {
$Param = array();
}
if ($Index === '') {
$Param[] = array();
end($Param);
$Param =& $Param[key($Param)];
} else {
if (ctype_digit($Index)) { $Index = (int) $Index; }
if (!array_key_exists($Index, $Param)) {
$Param[$Index] = array();
}
$Param =& $Param[$Index];
}
}
}
if (!empty($NameValueParts['value_present'])) {
$Param = urldecode($NameValueParts['value']);
} else {
$Param = '';
}
}
}
return $Params;
}?>
