On 15/05/2021 01:00, Larry Garfield wrote:
I can't speak for the others, but I could tolerate making "more than one extra ? beyond the end of the parameter list is an error", potentially, as at that point they're redundant. But if a function has, say, 4 params, then fourParams(1, 3, ?) is a convenient way to say "and placeholder everything else".
Fortunately, we already have an existing and recognised way of saying "and everything else"
https://www.php.net/manua/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.variablearg-list