start array at 1 with explode()

Hi all

I need to get an array to start at 1 instead of 0 but by using the explode() function on a string.

Is it possible?

$myarray = explode(",",$mystring);

How can I get the first value in the array to be paired with key[1]?

Thanks in advance

The first question to address is: why? Assuming there is some good reason, you could do:

$values = explode(',', $string);
$keys = range(1, count($values));
$myArray = array_combine($keys, $values);

$str = array('0', '1', '2', '3');
array_shift($str);
echo '<pre>';
   print_r($str);
echo '</pre>';

ouput:

Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
)

EDIT - If you need to protect the original array, simply create a new variable that is equal to the orginal array and shift that new variable:

$str = $str2 = array('0', '1', '2', '3');
array_shift($str2);
echo '<pre>';
   print_r($str2);
echo '</pre>';

$str still remains intact in its original form.

After asking the same question as NogDog (why? Arrays work quite happily already), I throw in my own take:

array_unshift($myarray, 'fnord');
unset($myarray[0]);

// No other functions are needed...
// Simply pre-pend a comma
$myarray = explode( ",", "," . $mystring);

That still starts the array from index 0, except that one can now ignore that element.