PHP get all arguments as array?

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Hey, I was working with a PHP function that takes multiple arguments and formats them. Currently, I'm working with something like this:

function foo($a1 = null, $a2 = null, $a3 = null, $a4 = null){
    if ($a1 !== null) doSomethingWith($a1, 1);
    if ($a2 !== null) doSomethingWith($a2, 2);
    if ($a3 !== null) doSomethingWith($a3, 3);
    if ($a4 !== null) doSomethingWith($a4, 4);
}

But I was wondering if I can use a solution like this:

function foo(params $args){
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($args); $i++)
        doSomethingWith($args[$i], $i + 1);
}

But still invoke the function the same way, similar to the params keyword in C# or the arguments array in JavaScript.

Mark Amery · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-07 16:42:30Z

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func_get_args returns an array with all arguments of the current function.

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Rob Over a year ago

One gotcha with func_get_args that's worth pointing out; you can't pass it into another function call.

alex Over a year ago

@Rob You can if you go $args = func_get_args() and then call_user_func_array($func, $args)

Aditya M P Over a year ago

func_get_args() only returns values of those parameters that were PASSED to the function call, not all params defined in the function definition.

Francisco Corrales Morales Over a year ago

can I do this: func_get_args('argument_name') ? to get the value of an argument.

Chris Over a year ago

@FranciscoCorralesMorales You can't get the value by argument name, but if you're fine with using the argument offset, you can use func_get_arg().

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Joren · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16 10:05:20Z

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If you use PHP 5.6+, you can now do this:

<?php
function sum(...$numbers) {
    $acc = 0;
    foreach ($numbers as $n) {
        $acc += $n;
    }
    return $acc;
}

echo sum(1, 2, 3, 4);
?>

source: http://php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.variable-arg-list

answered Apr 16, 2015 at 10:05

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Thielicious · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-29 11:45:13Z

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Or as of PHP 7.1 you are now able to use a type hint called iterable

function f(iterable $args) {
    foreach ($args as $arg) {
        // awesome stuff
    }
}

Also, it can be used instead of Traversable when you iterate using an interface. As well as it can be used as a generator that yields the parameters.

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edited Nov 29, 2017 at 11:45

answered Dec 5, 2016 at 13:40

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