Extract associative array elements into individual variables

Question

How do I go about setting a string as a literal variable in PHP? Basically I have an array like

$data['setting'] = "thevalue";

and I want to convert that 'setting' to $setting so that $setting becomes "thevalue".

Answer 1

See PHP variable variables.

Your question isn't completely clear but maybe you want something like this:

//Takes an associative array and creates variables named after
//its keys
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
    $$key = $value;
}