convert_sonis_errors_to_array.php

<?php
# I create a private function because it's used within my class, I only call it from the class itself
private function parseErrorString( $string )
{
    // create delimiters here
    $delimiters = array('-', "\r\n", "\n", "\r", "chr(13)");
    // start by replacing the $delimiters
    $ready = str_replace( $delimiters, $delimiters[0], $string );

    // create new list() item:
    // $key => $value
    try
    {
        list( $err_typ,     $err_typ_cont,
              $err_mess,    $err_mess_cont,
              $err_det,     $err_det_cont ) = explode( $delimiters[0], $ready );
    }
    catch(Exception $e)
    {
        echo 'Oh noe: ', $e->getMessage();
    }

    $result[ trim( $err_typ ) ]     = trim ( $err_typ_cont );
    $result[ trim( $err_mess ) ]    = trim ( $err_mess_cont );
    $result[ trim( $err_det ) ]     = trim ( $err_det_cont );

    return $result;
}