Can PHP output to variables?

[peterv12]

I want to be able to use implode to take the elements in an array and assign them to individual variables. Is this possible? I've done similar things in other languages, but haven't been able to figure this one out yet.

//$skills = array('sql', 'perl', 'php', 'html');
$tagline = implode(' ', $skills);

for($i = -1; $i < count($skills); $i++)
{
   echo "skill #$i = $skills[$i] <br />";
}
echo "List of Skills: $tagline";

The output looks like this:

skill #0 = sql
skill #1 = perl
skill #2 = php
skill #3 = html
List of Skills: sql perl php html shell perl jcl cobol

I'd like to be able to output the array contents to variables like skill1, skill2, etc.

Thanks!
Peter V.

 

[ingresman]

Havn't tried this but look at $$ (rather than $) I think $$ lets you refer to the name of a variable. Never used it but it might be worth a look.
try

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php

maybe $a = "skill" . $i;
$$a = $skills;

 

[jpadie]

list() should help too if you know the number of items.

but probably easiest is extract()

$skills = array('sql', 'perl', 'php', 'html');
extract($skills, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, 'skills');

 

[peterv12]

jpadie, in the case I'm working on, the number of items is volatile, so list wouldn't work.

ingresman, I'm trying your idea, and it's giving me the variable name I'm looking for, but I haven't yet been able to assign the variable to it. All I get when I echo it is the new variable name.

 

[jpadie]

if the number is volatile then extract() is what you need as per my previous post.