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run code in 300+ PHP versions simultaneously
<?php $string = 'php'; list($a, $b, $c) = $string; var_dump($a, $b, $c); list($a, $b, $c) = str_split($string); var_dump($a, $b, $c);
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.19, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
NULL NULL NULL string(1) "p" string(1) "h" string(1) "p"
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40
string(1) "p" string(1) "h" string(1) "p" string(1) "p" string(1) "h" string(1) "p"
preferences:
226.43 ms | 402 KiB | 375 Q