Not able to create array for n number of values

Question

Hi i have the following array that comes from a html form

$job_title = 'Developer';
$job_skill = 'html,css,javascript';


$post_fields = array(
    'job_title' => $job_title,
    'skills' => $job_skill
);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($post_fields);
echo "</pre>";

that gives the output as

Array
(
    [job_title] => Developer
    [skills] => html,css,javascript
)

I wanted to convert the skills to an array itself so i converted the $post_fields to

$post_fields = array(
    'job_title' => $job_title,
    'skills' => 
        array (
            0 => 'html',
            1 => 'css',
            2 => 'javascript'
        )
);

Now in the main code, "$job_skill" is a dynamic value and can have any number of skills. It's value can be null, can have 1 skill, 2 skill or any number of skill. The problem is that i am not able to create array of job_skill for 'n' number of values

Can anyone please help me with it

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 06:48

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If you want to convert a string "a,b,c" to an array ("a", "b", "c") you can use the PHP function explode:

$skills = explode(",", $job_skill);

answered Jun 20 '17 at 06:48

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Why is this answer upvoted more than B. Desai's more complete one? – mickmackusa Jun 20 '17 at 06:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '17 at 06:48

You can use php explode function which will convert string to array:

<?php
$job_title = 'Developer';
$job_skill = 'html,css,javascript';


$post_fields = array(
    'job_title' => $job_title,
    'skills' => explode(",",$job_skill)
);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($post_fields);
echo "</pre>";

o/p:

Array
(
    [job_title] => Developer
    [skills] => Array
        (
            [0] => html
            [1] => css
            [2] => javascript
        )

)

Not able to create array for n number of values

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