php-style argument parse thing

gistfile1.py

import re


def phpdict(src):
    myDict = {}
    for k, v in src.items():
        pattern = re.search('([^[]+)((?:\[[^\]]*\])+)', k)
        if pattern:
            path = [(int(p) if p.isdigit() else p) for p in re.findall('\[([^\]]+)\]', k)]
            new_key = pattern.group(1)
            if new_key not in myDict:
                myDict[new_key] = {}
            store = myDict[new_key]
            for element in path[:-1]:
                if element not in store:
                    store[element] = {}
                store = store[element]
            store[path[-1]] = v
        else:
            myDict[k] = v
    return myDict


if __name__ == '__main__':
    blah = phpdict({'scales[1][width]': '544', 'scales[0][width]': '300',
        'scales[1][name]': 'large', 'scales[0][name]': 'thumb',
        'scales[0][height]': '300', 'scales[1][height]': '544',
        'blah': 'something_else'})
    print blah
    print blah['scales'][0]
    print blah['scales'][1]['height']
    print blah['blah']