Convert plain text to array
<p>If I get the following text string from mysql (or whatever) how can I convert it to an actual array using PHP?</p>

<pre><code>array("foo" =&gt; "bar","honey" =&gt; "pops")
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<p>I know I can save an array in a serialized state, but that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid here.</p>
