Req #70231 [Com]: Ability to set default params within a functions arguments as an array/object

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70231&edit=1 ID: 70231 Comment by: rahi at atsspec dot co Reported by: mintystark at gmail dot com Summary: Ability to set default params within a functions arguments as an array/object Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Arrays related Operating System: Ubuntu PHP Version: 7.0.0beta3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I'm with jhdxr, this is a bad idea for the following reasons: - array_merge already provides a way to set default values of an array - such an implementation easily gets out of hand when the array elements contain non primitive data types (objects) - your use case is specific to array mashing, something the SPL collections/iterators are more suited for - if you're using the $arr as parameters/flags and not plain data consider wrapping it in a class Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-08-26 17:19:12] jhdxr@php.net I think it's a bad idea to pass all the params in one single argument. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-08-10 16:58:53] mintystark at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Currently if you want to send an array of parameters to a function, but have the function also use defaults in the array you then need to use array_merge in the function. It would be useful if the function arguments could handle this automatically. As far as the syntax goes I don't care, but I would really like this as it would reduce the amount of code I need to write and it would make it more readable. Plus allow for phpDocumentor and other features to utilize this. Also I am sure you can make this more compatible with the compiler thus ran faster then using other methods like array_merge() etc. Suggested Syntax Options: function do_stuff($arr = {'a' => 'blue', 'b' => 'red', 'c' => 'black', 'd' => 'yellow'}) function do_stuff($arr = ['a' => 'blue', 'b' => 'red', 'c' => 'black', 'd' => 'yellow']) function do_stuff($arr = &array('a' => 'blue', 'b' => 'red', 'c' => 'black', 'd' => 'yellow')) Example Shown in the Test Script Below. Test script: --------------- function do_stuff($arr = {'a' => 'blue', 'b' => 'red', 'c' => 'black', 'd' => 'yellow'}) { return $arr; } print_r(do_stuff(array('b' => 'green', 'c' => null, 'd' => '')); Expected result: ---------------- // Should output // Array('a' => 'blue', 'b' => 'green', 'c' => 'black', 'd' => ''); // OR // Object('a' => 'blue', 'b' => 'green', 'c' => 'black', 'd' => ''); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70231&edit=1