explode, array tags

[n_wattam]

wondering if anyone can help here. When using the explode the array is split using number tags ie,

1
2
3
4
5

I was wondering if you could in some way set the numbers to tags instead

['name']
['age']

etc

[YAOMK]

do explode() and then do array_flip().

[Weedpacket]

Or after exploding, [man]array_combine[/man] an array containing the keys (er, tags in your terminology).