/*
// Purpose: Function to parse a string into parameters
// Release Date: 2014-12-26
// Author: ApMuthu <apmuthu@usa.net>
// Usage:
$str = "PPFrt#2000 CID#6378465 TaxEx#2345-038 abcde ertrgdert COD#4253 jdegtd PIN#6473654";
$p = parse_notes_params($str);
echo print_r($p, true);
*/

function parse_notes_params($str, $sep=" ", $delim="#") {
    $str_params = explode($sep, $str);
    $param_array=Array('notes' => '');
    foreach ($str_params AS $str_param) {
        $param_set=explode($delim, trim($str_param));
        $key = (array_key_exists(0, $param_set) ? trim($param_set[0]) : '');
        $val = (array_key_exists(1, $param_set) ? trim($param_set[1]) : '');
        if (strlen($key) > 0 && strlen($val) > 0) {
            $param_array[$key]=$val;
        } else {
            // stop at first missing parameter set
            // break;
            // Collect the rest into notes
            $param_array['notes'] .= (" " .  $str_param);
        }
    }
    $param_array['notes'] = trim($param_array['notes']);
    return $param_array;
}

    $notes_params = parse_notes_params($branch['notes']);
    if ($packing_slip == 0 && array_key_exists('CID', $notes_params)) {
        $rep->NewLine(1);
        $rep->TextCol(1, 7, "Old Customer# : " . $notes_params['CID'], - 2);
    }