[PHP] newbie array question

[stas]

Hello,

I am trying to create an associative array dynamically. Here's what I did first:

 $form_val_list = 
"firstname,lastname,address,address2,city,state,zip,phone,email,resume";
 $form_arr = explode (",", $form_val_list);
 
  while (list ($key, $val) = each ($form_arr))
  {
       echo "$key is $val<br>";
  }
 
This doesn't do the trick, as it creates a regular array with values from my list, as 
in form_array['1'] = "firstname"; whereas I need form_array['firstname']

Is this possible without being overly complicated? Thanks.

stas