Manually parse Joomla! 1.5 plugin database field [name=value\n]

gistfile1.txt

$plugins     = new stdClass();
$pluginsData = explode("\n", $item->plugins);
foreach ($pluginsData as $pluginData) {
	$parts = explode("=", $pluginData);
	if ($parts[0]) {
		$name           = $parts[0];
		$value          = $parts[1];
		$plugins->$name = $value;
	}
}

$item->plugins = $plugins;


# Prefered method #

$plugins       = (object) parse_ini_string($item->plugins, FALSE, INI_SCANNER_RAW);
$item->plugins = $plugins;