+ $offset = $this->_queryKeyBracketOffset($key);
+ if ($offset === false) {
+ $name = $key;
+ } else {
+ $name = substr($key, 0, $offset);
+ }
+
+ if (!strlen($name)) {
+ return $array;
+ }
+
+ if (!$offset) {
+ // named value
+ $array[$name] = $value;
+ } else {
+ // array
+ $brackets = substr($key, $offset);
+ if (!isset($array[$name])) {
+ $array[$name] = null;
+ }
+ $array[$name] = $this->_queryArrayByBrackets(
+ $brackets, $value, $array[$name]
+ );
+ }
+
+ return $array;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Parse a key-buffer to place value in array
+ *
+ * @param string $buffer to consume all keys from
+ * @param string $value to be set/add
+ * @param array $array to traverse and set/add value in
+ *
+ * @throws Exception
+ * @return array
+ */
+ private function _queryArrayByBrackets($buffer, $value, array $array = null)
+ {
+ $entry = &$array;
+
+ for ($iteration = 0; strlen($buffer); $iteration++) {
+ $open = $this->_queryKeyBracketOffset($buffer);
+ if ($open !== 0) {
+ // Opening bracket [ must exist at offset 0, if not, there is
+ // no bracket to parse and the value dropped.
+ // if this happens in the first iteration, this is flawed, see
+ // as well the second exception below.
+ if ($iteration) {
+ break;