Can you assign multiple variables at once in PHP like you can with Java?

Question

I want to create 5 variables of type array all at once. Is this possible? In Java I know you can, but can\'t find anything about PHP. I\'d like to do something like this:

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Answer 1

I prefer to use the list function for this task. This is not really a function but a language construct, used to assign a list of variables in one operation.

list( $var1, $var2, $var3 ) = array('coffee', 'brown', 'caffeine');

For more information see the documentation.