Newb question about getting keys/values from a single array element

I feel like a total newb asking this, but I'm just having a brain fart or something... I'm writing a page where I can either get back a list of items: Array { [1233] => "apple", [6342] => "apricot", [2345] => "banana", ... } where the user then refines it by choosing one single item and a single element array is returned like this: Array { [8575] => "peach", } How can I get this $item so I can print it like so: echo "The ID is $id and the name is $name"; Normally with an array of items, I do a: foreach ($item as $id => $name) echo... But that seems overkill for this scenario. The rub is that I don't know the "id", so I can't use $item[0], and I also don't have something like $item['name'] to use either. There's got to be an easy way to extract those. list($id, $name) = $operator; Felt like it would work for a minute (wishful thinking). (I'm too embarrased to even sign my name on this one)