Question

I have a multidimensional array and I want to create new variables based on the keys.

I have written this code, but it returns NULL:

$a = array("test" => array("a", "b", "c"));
foreach($a as $key => $value){
    if(is_array($value)){
        $i = 0;
        foreach($value as $v){
            $i++;
            $$key[$i] = $v;
        }
    }
}
var_dump($test);
?>

Where is the problem?

Answer 1

Make that:

${$key}[$i] = $v;

• $$key[$i] means “the variable whose name is $key[$i]“.
• ${$key}[$i] means “position $i from the variable whose name is $key“.

Also, it would be nice if you could initialize that $test array, so you won’t get notices. Add the following before the second foreach:

$$key = array();