How to implode array with key and value without foreach in PHP

Question

Without foreach, how can I turn an array like this

array(\"item1\"=>\"object1\", \"item2\"=>\"object2\",.......\"item-n\"=>\"objec         


        

Answer 1

Using array_walk

$a = array("item1"=>"object1", "item2"=>"object2","item-n"=>"object-n");
$r=array();
array_walk($a, create_function('$b, $c', 'global $r; $r[]="$c=$b";'));
echo implode(', ', $r);

IDEONE