JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Reigel Gallarde

HTML

<textarea rows="10" cols="50">array(
    'name' => 'Sidebar',
    'before_widget' => '<li class="sidebox %2$s">',
    'after_widget' => '</li>',
    'before_title' => '<h3 class="sidetitl">',
    'after_title' => '</h3>'
    )</textarea>

JavaScript

var val = jQuery('textarea').val()
    .replace('array','')
    .replace('(','{')
    .replace(')','}')
    .replace(/=>/g,':')
    .replace(/\"/g,'\'');

console.log(val);
console.log(jQuery.parseJSON(val));