php-doc-en/reference/array/functions/list.xml

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  <refentry id="function.list">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>list</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Assign variables as if they were an array
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>void</type><methodname>list</methodname>
      <methodparam rep="repeat"><type>mixed</type><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Like <function>array</function>, this is not really a function,
     but a language construct.  <function>list</function> is used to
     assign a list of variables in one operation.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      <function>list</function> only works on numerical arrays and assumes 
      the numerical indices start at 0.
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>list</function> examples</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$info = array('coffee', 'brown', 'caffeine');

// Listing all the variables
list($drink, $color, $power) = $info;
print "$drink is $color and $power makes it special.\n";

// Listing some of them
list($drink, , $power) = $info;
print "$drink has $power.\n";

// Or let's skip to only the third one
list( , , $power) = $info;
print "I need $power!\n";

?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>An example use of <function>list</function></title>     
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<table>
 <tr>
  <th>Employee name</th>
  <th>Salary</th>
 </tr>

<?php

$result = mysql_query ("SELECT id, name, salary FROM employees",$conn);
while (list ($id, $name, $salary) = mysql_fetch_row ($result)) {
    print (" <tr>\n".
           "  <td><a href=\"info.php?id=$id\">$name</a></td>\n".
           "  <td>$salary</td>\n".
           " </tr>\n");
}

?>

</table>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>each</function>, <function>array</function> 
     and <function>extract</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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