Question

Is there anyway that an indexed array say ['1' => 'dave, '2' => 'ryan', '3' => 'mike', '4' => 'sam'] can be turned into an associative array. Which in this case would be ['dave' => 'ryan', 'mike' => 'sam'].

Obviously in the context and with the example i’ve given it doesn’t make much sense but it would be helpful would just be handy to know.

All I can find on Google or here is ways of doing the opposite (associative -> indexed) unless I am completely missing an obvious answer.

Answer 1

This is the simplest way that I can think of for your example:

$arr = array('1' => 'dave', '2' => 'ryan', '3' => 'mike', '4' => 'sam');
$result = array();
$key = null;

foreach(array_keys($arr) as $k) {
    $v = $arr[$k];

    if($key === null) {
        $key = $v;
    } else {
        $result[$key] = $v;
        $key = null;
    }
}

Here’s a demo.