Extract Function?

[dinita]

quick question really.. trying to call an extract function where the keys of the array are numbers? a variable cannot start with a number, so how would I call my new variables?

[salathe]

Use a prefix, see the extract() docs. However, do you really need to extract those values into variables, more often than not it makes more sense to keep working with the array.

[ManiacDan]

Don't use extract at all, just use the array. If you use extract, you're creating mystery variables and duplicating content.

[nodirtyrockstar]

Start them with an underscore? You can add/remove it dynamically. Or use a letter, or some other allowed character.

[Christian F.]

ManiacDan's post is the one that you should go for, without doubt. If your code absolutely requires the use of extract (), then you're most likely doing it wrong.

[salathe]

you're most likely doing it wrong.

 

No need to repeat what other people have already said. Thanks.

[dinita]

your right I was doing it wrong! I thought I needed the array to split into separate variables so the Actionscript could read these and display them into separate boxes by calling each variable. Instead I've used the array to echo a string split using backslashes and removed the backslashes in the Actionscript using the split function and then turned that string into an array.

 

Thanks for being so patient with me!