//test.php
function getAssocArrayFromGet($arrayName) {
$returnArray = false;
$arrayStr = substr($_GET[$arrayName], 1, strlen($_GET[$arrayName]) - 2);
foreach ($arrayElements = explode(",", $arrayStr) as $val) {
$arrayElement = explode("->", $val);
$returnArray[$arrayElement[0]] = $arrayElement[1];
}
return $returnArray;
}
$testarray = getAssocArrayFromGet("testarray");