note 102281 added to function.array

"Quick and dirty" class to get an offset of multidimensional array by given path (sorry, that without comments).

<?php

    class ArrayAsPathException extends Exception {} 

    class ArrayAsPath {
        protected
            $data = array(),
            $separator = '.';

        public function __construct (array $data = array()) {
            $this->data = $data;
        }

        public function set ($value, $path = null) {
            if (!isset($path)) {
                $this->data = $value;
            }

            $separator = $this->separator;
            $pathtoken = strtok($path, $separator);

            $code = '';
            $pices = '[\''.$pathtoken.'\']';
            while ($pathtoken !== false) {
                if (($pathtoken = strtok($separator)) !== false) {
                    $code .= 'if (!isset($this->data'.$pices.')) $this->data'.$pices.' = array(); ';
                    $pices .= '[\''.$pathtoken.'\']';
                } else {
                    $code .= 'return $this->data'.$pices.' = $value;';
                }
            }

            return eval($code);
        }

        public function get ($path = '', $default = null) {
            $result = $this->data;
            $separator = $this->separator;
            $pathtoken = strtok($path, $separator);

            while ($pathtoken !== false) {
                if (!isset($result[$pathtoken]) || is_string($result)) {
                    if (isset($default)) {
                        return $default;
                    }

                    throw new ArrayAsPathException ('Can\'t find "'.$pathtoken.'" in "'.$path.'"');
                }

                $result = $result[$pathtoken];
                $pathtoken = strtok($separator);
            }

            return $result ? $result : $default;
        }

        public function has ($path) {
            $result = $this->data;
            $separator = $this->separator;
            $pathtoken = strtok($path, $separator);

            while ($pathtoken !== false) {
                if (!isset($result[$pathtoken]) || is_string($result)) {
                    return false;
                }

                $result = $result[$pathtoken];
                $pathtoken = strtok($separator);
            }

            return true;
        }

        public function setSepatator ($separator) {
            $this->separator = $separator;
        }

        public function getSeparator ($separator) {
            return $this->separator;
        }
    }

?>

Code:
<?php

    $params = new ArrayAsPath;
    $params->set(array(
        'foo' => array(
            'bar' => array(
                'item' => 'Value'
            )
        )
    ));

    try {
        $params->set('test', 'foo.bar.far.new');
        printf(
            'Array:<pre>%s</pre>
            foo.bar.item:<pre>%s</pre>
            foo.bar.far:<pre>%s</pre>
            foo.bar.far.new<pre>%s</pre>',
            var_export($params->get(), true),
            var_export($params->get('foo.bar.item'), true),
            var_export($params->get('foo.bar.far'), true),
            var_export($params->get('foo.bar.far.new'), true)
        );
    } catch (ArrayAsPathException $e) {
        echo 'Oops! It seems that something is wrong. '.$e->getMessage();
    }

?>

Will display:
Array:
array (
  'foo' => 
  array (
    'bar' => 
    array (
      'item' => 'Value',
      'far' => 
      array (
        'new' => 'test',
      ),
    ),
  ),
)

foo.bar.item:
'Value'

foo.bar.far:
array (
  'new' => 'test',
)

foo.bar.far.new:
'test'
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Edit        -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/102281
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