random-web-tools/api/php/str_to_php_array.php

<?php

require_once 'cors.php';

$input = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);

$data = $input['data'];
$data_delimiter = $input['delimiter'];

function var_export_short($data, $return=true) {
	$dump = var_export($data, true);

	$dump = preg_replace('#(?:\A|\n)([ ]*)array \(#i', '[', $dump); // Starts
	$dump = preg_replace('#\n([ ]*)\),#', "\n$1],", $dump); // Ends
	$dump = preg_replace('#=> \[\n\s+\],\n#', "=> [],\n", $dump); // Empties

	if (gettype($data) == 'object') { // Deal with object states
		$dump = str_replace('__set_state(array(', '__set_state([', $dump);
		$dump = preg_replace('#\)\)$#', "])", $dump);
	} else {
		$dump = preg_replace('#\)$#', "]", $dump);
	}

	if ($return===true) {
		return $dump;
	} else {
		echo $dump;
	}
}

switch ($input['mode']) {
	case 'json':
		echo var_export_short(@json_decode($data, true));
		break;
	default:
		echo var_export_short(explode(empty($data_delimiter) ? "\n" : $data_delimiter, $data));
		break;
}