Convert a String to Variable

Question

I\'ve got a multidimensional associative array which includes an elements like

$data[\"status\"]
$data[\"response\"][\"url\"]
$data[\"entry\"][\"0\"][\"text\         


        

Answer 1

Found this on the Variable variables page:

function VariableArray($data, $string) { 
    preg_match_all('/\[([^\]]*)\]/', $string, $arr_matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER); 

    $return = $arr; 
    foreach($arr_matches[1] as $dimension) { $return = $return[$dimension]; }

    return $return; 
}