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Destructuring in php

Is it possible to use javascript like destructuring to create an associative array from variables with variable names as keys in PHP... in javascript I can do

 const fn = (name, age, purpose) => {
    return {name, age, purpose}
 }
 fn("Akins", 23, "Greatness") // {name: "Akins", age: 23, purpose: "Greatness"}

Currently I am stick to repetitive way

function fn($name, $age, $purpose) {
     return [
         'name'    => $name,
         'age'     => $age,
         'purpose' => $purpose
     ];
}

Can anyone help, it will save me a whole lot of typing?

Solution

  • There's no need to create your own function for this, one already exists:

    $name    = "Jason";
$age     = 25;
$purpose = "To have fun?";

$person  = compact('name', 'age', 'purpose');

print_r($person);

    Ouptut:

    Array
(
    [name] => Jason
    [age] => 25
    [purpose] => To have fun?
)