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USING THE list() FUNCTION ON PHP ARRAYS

The list() function allows you to retrieve several values at once from an array. The list() function copies values from the array into variables you specify.

Suppose you have this array:

$colors=array('blue', 'red', 'green');

Say you want to list the first two values of this array, you do:

list($firstValue, $secondValue) = $colors;

The list function creates two variables named $firstValue and $secondValue and stores the first and second values of the array in them consecutively.

echo $firstValue; // outputs blue

echo $secondValue; // outputs red

The above feature is equivalent to:

$firstValue = $colors[0];
$secondValue = $colors[1];

echo $firstValue; // outputs blue
echo $secondValue; // outputs red

See also:

What Are Arrays?

How To Create Arrays

How To View Arrays

How To Modify Arrays

Array arsort() Function

Array asort() Function

Array rsort() Function

Array sort() Function

Array ksort() Function

Array krsort() Function

Array Echo

Manual Array Iteration

Array count() & sizeof() Function