quicker arrays as func args?

Hi all, Pretty sure this can't be done, but thought I'd ask any way... I have a function where the 3rd argument is an array.. function foo($a,$b,$c) { echo $a.$b; print_r($c); } Obviously the function does more than that, but anyway, I want the calls to this function to look a little cleaner than this: foo("cat","dog",array("a"=>"1","b"=>"2","c"=>"3")); is there any other way to define the array? foo("cat","dog",("a"=>"1","b"=>"2","c"=>"3")); or foo("cat","dog",{"a"=>"1","b"=>"2","c"=>"3"}); would be nice (Ruby has something like this), but I'm guessing it's not possible. But, I'm asking just in case I've missed it in the docs. TIA --- Justin French, Indent.com.au justin.french@indent.com.au Web Application Development & Graphic Design