note 113189 added to function.list

As noted, list() will give an error if the input array is too short. This can be avoided by array_merge()'ing in some default values. For example: <?php $parameter = 'name'; list( $a, $b ) = array_merge( explode( '=', $parameter ), array( true ) ); ?> However, you will have to array_merge with an array long enough to ensure there are enough elements (if $parameter is empty, the code above would still error). An alternate approach would be to use array_pad on the array to ensure its length (if all the defaults you need to add are the same). <?php $parameter = 'bob-12345'; list( $name, $id, $fav_color, $age ) = array_pad( explode( '-', $parameter ), 4, '' ); var_dump($name, $id, $fav_color, $age); /* outputs string(3) "bob" string(5) "12345" string(0) "" string(0) "" */ ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 206.47.126.34 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.list.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113189 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113189 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113189 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php