make a simple array with 1 dimension sort of into 2

<?php
foreach ($listofpageswithphpextension as $pgs) {
		list($pgs, $extension) = explode('.',$pageLink);
		$page = str_replace($pagelink,"$pgs.html",$page);
	}
 
 
$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);
echo $user; // foo
echo $pass; // *
?>