can php functions have keyword arguments? (like python)

Question

I want to do this:

function they_said($alice = "", $bob = "", $charlie = "") {
    echo "Alice said '$alice'";
    echo "Bob said '$bob'";
    echo "Charlie said '$charlie'";
}

they_said($charlie => "Where are the cookies!?");

That way I can ignore passing the first 2 arguments and simply pass the one I want.

and [Named Arguments in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/q/6800379) — Pekka, Oct 09 '11 at 14:55
I agree that this question is a duplicate of the others. (I didn't find them because they used different words to describe the problem than I did.) — Alexander Bird, Oct 09 '11 at 15:16
Although this question is IMO better formulated than the one it duplicates. — sumid, Nov 09 '12 at 21:51
I know its helpful to pass named argument like in Python...In php you can do it like $my_param = true; my_function($my_param); — jsdev, Mar 14 '17 at 06:46
I shared a Q/A as a solution https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56415163 — Behnam, Jun 02 '19 at 12:46

ComFreek · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-26T12:13:48.700

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No, but you can pass an array:

function they_said($persons)
{
  foreach ($persons as $person => $text)
  {
    echo "$person said '$text'";
  }
}
they_said( array('charlie' => 'Where are the cookies!?') );

edited May 26 '15 at 12:13

answered Oct 09 '11 at 14:55

ComFreek

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can php functions have keyword arguments? (like python)

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