note 16306 added to function.list

If you use list() to assign to an array with the same name as the array being assigned from, the array with overwrite the values in the source array. eg: <? $a = array('a', 'b'); list($a[0], $a['x']) = $a; print_r($a); ?> gives: Array ( [0] => a [1] => b [x] => b ) if you try and use list to assign to an array, using an array which is the return value of the target array, it doesn't work. eg: <? $a = 'a:b'; list($a['x'], $a['y']) = explode(':', $a); print_r($a); ?> gives: a:b this is true for any function that returns an array, including user defined arrays. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.list.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+16306 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+16306 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+16306