On 20 November 2006 22:55, Richard Lynch wrote:
> On Fri, November 17, 2006 10:23 am, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> > [hours] => Array
> > (
> > [0] => Array
> > (
> > [file] => capture.0400.jpg
> > [path] => spool/.2006/11/17/04
> > [year] => 2006
> > [month] => 11
> > [day] => 17
> > [hhmm] => 0400
> > )
> ...
> > Is there a way that I can simply loop through each array and
> > convert the keys into variables? I want to avoid having to write
> > lines of:
>
> foreach($array['hours'] as $key => $image_meta){
> list($file, $path, $year, $month, $day, $hhmm) = $image_meta;
> //Do whatever you want with the variables.
> }
>
> I personally would avoid 'extract' function, as a matter of principle,
> as it's to easy to add something to an array and not realize it, and
> then you start over-writing variables you didn't mean to, because your
> key name matches some other variable you didn't mean to over-write...
That's what the extract_type and prefix parameters are for.
Although I wouldn't use extract() either, as I'd just address the array elements directly using a full set of subscripts.
Cheers!
Mike
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