How to access the elements of a function's return array?

Question

I need to return multiple values from a function, therefore I have added them to an array and returned the array.

Answer 1

function give_array(){

    $a = "abc";
    $b = "def";
    $c = "ghi";

    return compact('a','b','c');
}


$my_array = give_array();

http://php.net/manual/en/function.compact.php