Er, that should be: list($a, $b) = [$b, $a]; list($a, $b) = (function(){ return ["one value", "another"];})(); Anyway, it's not even out-of-date, just ig

Er, that should be: list($a, $b) = [$b, $a]; list($a, $b) = (function(){ return ["one value", "another"];})(); Anyway, it's not even out-of-date, just ignorant. PHP has list() for at least 16 years.