Associated Arrays as function parameters

I might be off here, but I believe the issue with that is that it's a
performance problem. You would have to check each key and function
parameter for a match, which would be slow.

You can, however, achieve what you're after just by using an array without
any packing/unpacking.

function foo(Array $args) {

// Expected arguments
$default = ["name" => null, "birthday" => null];
// Get actual arguments
$input = array_intersect_key($args, $default) + $default; // final

if (!isset($input['name'])) {
    // ohnoes you forgot your name
}

if (!isset($input['birthday'])) {
    // ohnoes you forgot your birthday
}

// otherwise use $Input['name'] and $input['birthday'] here...

}

Dear Internals,

I would like to as you a question. I know that it is possible to use an
array to function parameters like: function(...array); But this method is
not working when the array is associative.

Would not be fine if an array like ['param1'=>'value', 'param2' => 'value']
would be used in a function like function(param1, param2) regardless of the
order?

I think it would make our lives is easier. I'd be also happy if you know if
there is more effective method to achieve the same result.

Thanks,
Midori

Dear Internals,

I would like to as you a question. I know that it is possible to use an
array to function parameters like: function(...array); But this method is
not working when the array is associative.

Would not be fine if an array like ['param1'=>'value', 'param2' => 'value']
would be used in a function like function(param1, param2) regardless of the
order?

I think it would make our lives is easier. I'd be also happy if you know if
there is more effective method to achieve the same result.

Thanks,
Midori

What you are looking for are Named Parameters, there have been multiple
RFCs about which have all been more or less abandoned from what I see.
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namedparameters (From 2012)
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/named_params (From 2013)
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/simplified_named_params (From 2016)

On a side note, I don't think this feature is that useful and if you get
to the
point where you want to know which value you are passing to which argument
it seems, to me, that the function is having too many arguments.
Also IDEs exist and can tell you the name of the argument.

Best regards

George P. Banyard