Fastest method to parse URL parameters into variables in PHP [duplicate]

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Parse query string into an array

What's the fastest method, to parse a string of URL parameters into an array of accessible variables?

$current_param = 'name=Peter&car=Volvo&pizza=Diavola&....';

// Results in a nice array that I can pass:

$result = array (
    'name'  => 'Peter',
    'car'   => 'Volvo',
    'pizza' => 'Diavola'
)

I've tested a regular expression, but this takes way too long. My script needs to parse about 10000+ URLs at once sometimes :-(

KISS - keep it simple, stupid

Answer 1

Use parse_str().

$current_param = "name=Peter&car=Volvo&pizza=Diavola";
parse_str($current_param, $result);
print_r($result);

The above will output

Array
(
    [name] => Peter
    [car] => Volvo
    [pizza] => Diavola
)