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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T15:57:58+00:00 2026-05-13T15:57:58+00:00

Most languages make it easy to take an array like [1, 2, 3] and

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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.]

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    2026-05-13T15:57:58+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 3:57 pm

    Use list():

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