How to access the elements of a function s return array

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I need to return multiple values from a function  therefore I have added them to an array and returned the array   lt   function data         a    quot abc quot        b    quot def quot        c    quot ghi quot        return array  a   b   c       gt   How can I receive the values of  a   b   c by calling the above function

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I was looking for an easier method than i'm using but it isn't answered in this post. However, my method works and i don't use any of the aforementioned methods:

function MyFunction() {
  $lookyHere = array(
    'value1' => array('valuehere'),
    'entry2' => array('valuehere')
  );
  return $lookyHere;
}

I have no problems with my function. I read the data in a loop to display my associated data. I have no idea why anyone would suggest the above methods. If you are looking to store multiple arrays in one file but not have all of them loaded, then use my function method above. Otherwise, all of the arrays will load on the page, thus, slowing down your site. I came up with this code to store all of my arrays in one file and use individual arrays when needed.

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The underlying problem revolves around accessing the data within the array  as Felix Kling points out in the first response    In the following code  I ve accessed the values of the array with the print and echo constructs    function data           a    abc        b    def        c    ghi         array   array  a   b   c        print r  array    outputs the key value pair      echo   lt br gt         echo  array 0   array 1   array 2    outputs a concatenation of the values     data

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I think the best way to do it is to create a global var array  Then do whatever you want to it inside the function data by passing it as a reference  No need to return anything too    array   array  white    black    yellow    echo  array 0     this echo white data  array    function data  amp  passArray      lt  lt notice  amp       passArray 0     orange      echo  array 0     this now echo orange

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Your function is   function data      a    abc    b    def    c    ghi    return array  a   b   c       It returns an array where position 0 is  a  position 1 is  b and position 2 is  c  You can therefore access  a by doing just this   data   0   If you do  myvar   data   0  and print  myvar  you will get  abc   which was the value assigned to  a inside the function

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In order to get the values of each variable  you need to treat the function as you would an array   function data          a    abc        b    def        c    ghi       return array  a   b   c         Assign a variable to the array      I selected  dataArray  could be any name     dataArray   data    list  a   b   c     dataArray  echo  a         b          c     if you just need 1 variable out of 3  list    b       dataArray  echo  b

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you can do this   list  a   b   c    data     print   a  b  c       abc def ghi

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From PHP 5 4 you can take advantage of array dereferencing and do something like this    lt    function data          retr arr  a      abc        retr arr  b      def        retr arr  c      ghi        return  retr arr      a   data    a          a    abc   b   data    b          b    def   c   data    c          c    ghi    gt

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This is what I did inside the yii framewok   public function servicesQuery  section            data   Yii  app  - gt db- gt createCommand                   - gt select                      - gt from  services                   - gt where  section   section                    - gt queryAll               return  data          then inside my view file          lt  php  consultation    this- gt servicesQuery  consultation      gt    gt         lt  php foreach  consultation as  consul     gt                lt span class  text-1  gt  lt  php echo  consul  content      gt  lt  span gt          lt  php endforeach   gt    What I am doing grabbing a cretin part of the table i have selected  should work for just php minus the  Yii  way for the db

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lt  php function demo  val  val1       return  arr array  value   gt  val  value1   gt  val1       arr rec demo 25 30   echo  arr rec  value    echo  arr rec  value1      gt

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function give array          a    abc        b    def        c    ghi        return compact  a   b   c         my array   give array      http   php net manual en function compact php

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here is the best way in a similar function   function cart stats  cart id     sql    select sum price  sum bids  count    total bids from carts bids where cart id     cart id     rs   mysql query  sql    row   mysql fetch object  rs    total bids    row- gt total bids   sum bids    row- gt sum bids   avarage    sum bids  total bids     array  total bids       total bids     array  avarage        avarage     return  array        and you get the array data like this    data   cart stats   GET  id       lt    data  total bids    gt

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Maybe this is what you searched for    function data            your code     return  array      var   data     foreach  var as  value        echo  value

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The data function is returning an array  so you can access the result of the function in the same way as you would normally access elements of an array    lt  php      result   data      a    result 0    b    result 1    c    result 2     Or you could use the list   function  as  fredrik recommends  to do the same thing in a line

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You can add array keys to your return values and then use these keys to print the array values  as shown here   function data          out  a      abc        out  b      def        out  c      ghi       return  out      data   data    echo  data  a    echo  data  b    echo  data  c

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array    data     print r  array

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