Stub for parsing Chocolatey --params string into variables in the chocolateyinstall.ps1/chocolateyuninstall.ps1

Parse-ChocoParams.ps1

#$packageParameters = $env:chocolateyPackageParameters
$packageParameters = "var1 = val1;var2=`"val2 with spaces -`""
$match_pattern = "(?<key>(\w+))\s*=\s*(?<value>([`"'])?([\w- _\\:\.]+)([`"'])?)"

# Now parse the packageParameters using good old regular expression
if ($packageParameters -match $match_pattern ) {
    $results = $packageParameters | Select-String $match_pattern -AllMatches
    $results.matches | % {
        Set-Variable -Name $_.Groups['key'].Value.Trim() -Value $_.Groups['value'].Value.Trim()
    }
}