PHP's parse_str in JavaScript

Here’s what our current JavaScript equivalent to PHP's parse_str looks like. 

module.exports = functionparse_str (str, array) { // eslint-disable-line camelcase
//       discuss at: https://locutus.io/php/parse_str/
//      original by: Cagri Ekin
//      improved by: Michael White (https://getsprink.com)
//      improved by: Jack
//      improved by: Brett Zamir (https://brett-zamir.me)
//      bugfixed by: Onno Marsman (https://twitter.com/onnomarsman)
//      bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (https://brett-zamir.me)
//      bugfixed by: stag019
//      bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (https://brett-zamir.me)
//      bugfixed by: MIO_KODUKI (https://mio-koduki.blogspot.com/)
// reimplemented by: stag019
//         input by: Dreamer
//         input by: Zaide (https://zaidesthings.com/)
//         input by: David Pesta (https://davidpesta.com/)
//         input by: jeicquest
//      bugfixed by: Rafał Kukawski
//           note 1: When no argument is specified, will put variables in global scope.
//           note 1: When a particular argument has been passed, and the
//           note 1: returned value is different parse_str of PHP.
//           note 1: For example, a=b=c&d====c
//        example 1: var $arr = {}
//        example 1: parse_str('first=foo&second=bar', $arr)
//        example 1: var $result = $arr
//        returns 1: { first: 'foo', second: 'bar' }
//        example 2: var $arr = {}
//        example 2: parse_str('str_a=Jack+and+Jill+didn%27t+see+the+well.', $arr)
//        example 2: var $result = $arr
//        returns 2: { str_a: "Jack and Jill didn't see the well." }
//        example 3: var $abc = {3:'a'}
//        example 3: parse_str('a[b]["c"]=def&a[q]=t+5', $abc)
//        example 3: var $result = $abc
//        returns 3: {"3":"a","a":{"b":{"c":"def"},"q":"t 5"}}
//        example 4: var $arr = {}
//        example 4: parse_str('a[][]=value', $arr)
//        example 4: var $result = $arr
//        returns 4: {"a":{"0":{"0":"value"}}}
//        example 5: var $arr = {}
//        example 5: parse_str('a=1&a[]=2', $arr)
//        example 5: var $result = $arr
//        returns 5: {"a":{"0":"2"}}
const strArr = String(str).replace(/^&/, '').replace(/&$/, '').split('&')
const sal = strArr.length
let i
let j
let ct
let p
let lastObj
let obj
let chr
let tmp
let key
let value
let postLeftBracketPos
let keys
let keysLen
const _fixStr = function (str) {
returndecodeURIComponent(str.replace(/\+/g, '%20'))
  }
const $global = (typeofwindow !== 'undefined' ? window : global)
  $global.$locutus = $global.$locutus || {}
const $locutus = $global.$locutus
  $locutus.php = $locutus.php || {}
if (!array) {
    array = $global
  }
for (i = 0; i < sal; i++) {
    tmp = strArr[i].split('=')
    key = _fixStr(tmp[0])
    value = (tmp.length < 2) ? '' : _fixStr(tmp[1])
if (key.includes('__proto__') || key.includes('constructor') || key.includes('prototype')) {
break
    }
while (key.charAt(0) === ' ') {
      key = key.slice(1)
    }
if (key.indexOf('\x00') > -1) {
      key = key.slice(0, key.indexOf('\x00'))
    }
if (key && key.charAt(0) !== '[') {
      keys = []
      postLeftBracketPos = 0
for (j = 0; j < key.length; j++) {
if (key.charAt(j) === '[' && !postLeftBracketPos) {
          postLeftBracketPos = j + 1
        } elseif (key.charAt(j) === ']') {
if (postLeftBracketPos) {
if (!keys.length) {
              keys.push(key.slice(0, postLeftBracketPos - 1))
            }
            keys.push(key.substr(postLeftBracketPos, j - postLeftBracketPos))
            postLeftBracketPos = 0
if (key.charAt(j + 1) !== '[') {
break
            }
          }
        }
      }
if (!keys.length) {
        keys = [key]
      }
for (j = 0; j < keys[0].length; j++) {
        chr = keys[0].charAt(j)
if (chr === ' ' || chr === '.' || chr === '[') {
          keys[0] = keys[0].substr(0, j) + '_' + keys[0].substr(j + 1)
        }
if (chr === '[') {
break
        }
      }
      obj = array
for (j = 0, keysLen = keys.length; j < keysLen; j++) {
        key = keys[j].replace(/^['"]/, '').replace(/['"]$/, '')
        lastObj = obj
if ((key === '' || key === ' ') && j !== 0) {
// Insert new dimension
          ct = -1
for (p in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
if (+p > ct && p.match(/^\d+$/g)) {
                ct = +p
              }
            }
          }
          key = ct + 1
        }
// if primitive value, replace with object
if (Object(obj[key]) !== obj[key]) {
          obj[key] = {}
        }
        obj = obj[key]
      }
      lastObj[key] = value
    }
  }
}
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How to use

You you can install via npm install locutus and require it via require('locutus/php/strings/parse_str'). You could also require the strings module in full so that you could access strings.parse_str instead.

If you intend to target the browser, you can then use a module bundler such as Parcel, webpack, Browserify, or rollup.js. This can be important because Locutus allows modern JavaScript in the source files, meaning it may not work in all browsers without a build/transpile step. Locutus does transpile all functions to ES5 before publishing to npm.

A community effort

Not unlike Wikipedia, Locutus is an ongoing community effort. Our philosophy follows The McDonald’s Theory. This means that we don't consider it to be a bad thing that many of our functions are first iterations, which may still have their fair share of issues. We hope that these flaws will inspire others to come up with better ideas.

This way of working also means that we don't offer any production guarantees, and recommend to use Locutus inspiration and learning purposes only.

Notes

  • When no argument is specified, will put variables in global scope. When a particular argument has been passed, and the returned value is different parse_str of PHP. For example, a=b=c&d====c

Examples

Please note that these examples are distilled from test cases that automatically verify our functions still work correctly. This could explain some quirky ones.

#codeexpected result
1var $arr = {} parse_str('first=foo&second=bar', $arr) var $result = $arr{ first: 'foo', second: 'bar' }
2var $arr = {} parse_str('str_a=Jack+and+Jill+didn%27t+see+the+well.', $arr) var $result = $arr{ str_a: "Jack and Jill didn't see the well." }
3var $abc = {3:'a'} parse_str('a[b]["c"]=def&a[q]=t+5', $abc) var $result = $abc{"3":"a","a":{"b":{"c":"def"},"q":"t 5"}}
4var $arr = {} parse_str('a[][]=value', $arr) var $result = $arr{"a":{"0":{"0":"value"}}}
5var $arr = {} parse_str('a=1&a[]=2', $arr) var $result = $arr{"a":{"0":"2"}}

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