extract(): First argument should be an array

[suryateja619]

below is the code i have

 $values['client'];
$name2 = extract(' - ', $values['client']);
 
$values['client'] contains names which are retrieved from the database. Ex: $values['client'] = "BBC - Jordan";

I want to catch the first part and pass it to retrieve another record but i am getting an error as extract(): First argument should be an array.

[Rabbit]

What do you think extract does? The first argument needs to be an array, you're giving it a string. There's a pretty clear error message. From what I can see, you misunderstand what extract is doing. Here's a link to the PHP manual. http://php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php