note 45273 added to function.list

As pgl at instinct dot org said it will not work when you use something like this <?php $a = "a:b"; list($a['x'],$a['y']) = explode(":",$a); ?> so I tried using a temporary variable to store the data <?php $a = "a:b"; $temp = explode(":",$a); list($a['x'],$a['y']) = $temp; print_r($a); // will output a:b ?> it seems that list() does not overwrite existing variables if they are not the type array you don't get the expected result unless you unset the original variable <?php $a = "a:b"; $temp = explode(":",$a); unset($a); list($a['x'],$a['y']) = $temp; print_r($a); // will output Array( [y] => b [x] => a) ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.list.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+45273 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+45273&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+45273&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php