Setting variables from a Key Value Array PHP

Question

I have an array:

array(
    'myVar1' => 'value1',
    'myVar2' => 'value1',
    'myVar3' => 'value3',
);

Is there a built in function in PHP that will make 3 variables e.g. $myVar1, $myVar2, $myVar3 do that when i echo $myVar1; it retuens 'value1'

Obviously I can loop the array and set them accordingly (so please no answers with this), but if there is a internal PHP function that would be great!

Answer 1

extract() is the function:

Import variables into the current symbol table from an array...

Checks each key to see whether it has a valid variable name. It also checks for collisions with existing variables in the symbol table...