Question

Can it be done?

function my_function(&$array){

  // processing $array here

  extract($array); // create variables but not here
}

function B(){

  $some_array = array('var1' => 23423, 'var2' => 'foo');

  my_function($some_array);

  // here I want to have $var, $var2 (what extract produced in my function)
}

For example parse_str() is able to do this.

Answer 1

Edit Wasn’t thinking in my first answer.

The answer is no; you can move the extract call inside your function B, that’s about it.

Btw, with some more background of your problem I could improve my answer 🙂