Req #70094 [NEW]: Allow default values for list()

From: andreas at dqxtech dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.6.11 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Allow default values for list() Description: ------------ Sometimes I want to use the list() construct to unpack an array, but I don't know the size of the array. In this case, list() will give me a "Notice: Undefined index ..". It would be nice if I could specify default values, as in the code below. Test script: --------------- <?php list($a, $b = 'bbb', $c = 'ccc') = array('AAA', 'BBB'); print "$a, $b, $c"; // Output: "AAA, BBB, ccc". -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70094&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70094&r=mysqlcfg