Re: [PHP-DEV] clarify the destructuring list() concept

On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 at 18:02, Mönôme Epson <[email protected]> wrote:

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> For example :
> $key = "a";
> $value = 1;
> $array = [$key => $value];
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> [$key => $value] = $array;
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> We all agree that now $key = 'a' and $value = 1
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> And I wonder why
> What happens in this case :
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> [$key => $value] = ['b'=>2];
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> $key = 'b' and $value = 2 or all is null ?
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My question is: I see list() as the reciprocal of an array(). Do you think
> it would be interesting for everyone if I proposed my vision?
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How will this help us?

In your example above,  You want [ $key => $value ]  to equal b and 2

Why not just say  $key="b"; $value=2; ?   Why the complex array or involve
the array at all?
or just say $array["b"]=2; much simpler - if you wanted it in the array.

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Gordon.