Parallel array assignment in PHP

Question

Most languages make it easy to take an array like [1, 2, 3] and assign those values to variables a, b, and c with a single command. For example, in Perl you can do

($a, $b, $c) = (1, 2, 3);

What's the corresponding trick in PHP?

[Thanks so much for the lightning fast answer! I know this is a trivial question but all the obvious google queries didn't turn up the answer so this is my attempt to fix that.]

Ignacio_Vazquez-Abrams_20862 · Answer

Use list():

list($a, $b, $c) = $someArray;

user_156869 · Answer

Use list

$arr = array(1,2,3);
list($a, $b, $c) = $arr;

user_2227763 · Answer

As of PHP 7.1 you can use the list shorthand [] for array destructuring.

[$a, $b, $c] = [1, 2, 3];

Also as of 7.1 you can destructure non-numerically keyed arrays similar to the way that object destructuring works in ES6. https://stitcher.io/blog/array-destructuring-with-list-in-php

Parallel array assignment in PHP

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