#48268 [NEW]: Special case of a function with single array argument

From: zyss at mail dot zp dot ua Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.2.9 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Special case of a function with single array argument Description: ------------ I propose to add a special syntax (simplification) for a function declared with just one argument. The idea is to remove array with its brackets ( ) in the function call to improve readability and get rid of unneeded array keyword. This feature is expected by many people who use such type of functions as a replacement of the PHP's missing feature to specify function's arguments by name. For example: function setParams(array $params) { /*...*/ } Current call: setParams(array('name' => 'foo', 'width' => 300, 'height' => 150)); Proposed call: setParams('name' => 'foo', 'width' => 300, 'height' => 150); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48268&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48268&r=mysqlcfg