list

Description

Like array(), this is not really a function, but a language construct. list() is used to assign a list of variables in one operation.

Example 1. list() examples <?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"; ?>

Example 2. An example use of list() <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>

See also each(), array() and extract().