Extract function in PHP

Extract function tutorial in php

The extract () function imports variables into the local symbol table from an array.

This function uses array keys as variable names and values as variable values. For each element it will create a variable in the current symbol table.

This function returns the number of variables extracted on success.

Extract function syntax

1	extract(array,extract_rules,prefix)

Parameter	Description
array	Required. Specifies the array to use
extract_rules	Optional. The extract() function checks for invalid variable names and collisions with existing variable names. This parameter specifies how invalid and colliding names are treated.Possible values: EXTR_OVERWRITE – Default. On collision, the existing variable is overwritten EXTR_SKIP – On collision, the existing variable is not overwritten EXTR_PREFIX_SAME – On collision, the variable name will be given a prefix EXTR_PREFIX_ALL – All variable names will be given a prefix EXTR_PREFIX_INVALID – Only invalid or numeric variable names will be given a prefix EXTR_IF_EXISTS – Only overwrite existing variables in the current symbol table, otherwise do nothing EXTR_PREFIX_IF_EXISTS – Only add prefix to variables if the same variable exists in the current symbol table EXTR_REFS – Extracts variables as references. The imported variables are still referencing the values of the array parameter
prefix	Optional. If EXTR_PREFIX_SAME, EXTR_PREFIX_ALL, EXTR_PREFIX_INVALID or EXTR_PREFIX_IF_EXISTS are used in the extract_rules parameter, a specified prefix is required.This parameter specifies the prefix. The prefix is automatically separated from the array key by an underscore character.

Example 1

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<?php $a = 'Original'; $my_array = array("a" => "Cat","b" => "Dog", "c" => "Horse"); extract($my_array); echo "\$a = $a; \$b = $b; \$c = $c"; ?>

The output of the code above will be:

$a = Cat; $b = Dog; $c = Horse

Example 2

With all parameters in use:

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<?php $a = 'Original'; $my_array = array("a" => "Cat","b" => "Dog", "c" => "Horse"); extract($my_array, EXTR_PREFIX_SAME, 'dup'); echo "\$a = $a; \$b = $b; \$c = $c; \$dup_a = $dup_a;"; ?>

The output of the code above will be:

$a = Original; $b = Dog; $c = Horse; $dup_a = Cat;

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