Parse Java properties files in PHP

java-properties.php

<?php
function parse_properties($txtProperties) {
	$result = array();
	$lines = split("\n", $txtProperties);
	$key = "";
	$isWaitingOtherLine = false;
	foreach ($lines as $i => $line) {
		if (empty($line) || (!$isWaitingOtherLine && strpos($line, "#") === 0))
			continue;
			
		if (!$isWaitingOtherLine) {
			$key = substr($line, 0, strpos($line, '='));
			$value = substr($line, strpos($line, '=')+1, strlen($line));        
		}
		else {
			$value .= $line;    
		}    

		/* Check if ends with single '\' */
		if (strrpos($value, "\\") === strlen($value)-strlen("\\")) {
			$value = substr($value,0,strlen($value)-1)."\n";
			$isWaitingOtherLine = true;
		}
		else {
			$isWaitingOtherLine = false;
		}
		
		$result[$key] = $value;    
		unset($lines[$i]);        
	}
	
	return $result;
}

change split to explode as The PHP manual for split() says

This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged...Use explode() instead.

and
change $result[$key] = $value; to if($key != "") $result[$key] = $value; as blank lines will add an empty array value

I write a new version of this parse properties :

https://gist.github.com/koromerzhin/84a1100777124932725b2b37217529b0

I write a new version of this parse properties :

https://gist.github.com/koromerzhin/84a1100777124932725b2b37217529b0

No longer available

I too wrote my version of this parser https://gist.github.com/gabrielkiss/1c67f632a596e7acd288b7c7c751df98