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

One possible solution: <?php $a = array(8575 => 'peach'); list($id, $name) = array_merge(array_keys($a), array_values($a)); echo "The ID is $id and the name is $name"; ?> Prints: "The ID is 8575 and the name is peach". Regards, Jonathan On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@daevid.com> wrote: > 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) > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >