varemenos
3/17/2012 - 4:30 PM

PHP - Compact Variables into an Array

PHP - Compact Variables into an Array

<?php
	$name = 'James';
	$surname = 'Pond';
	$job = 'Failure';
	
	$temp = array('name', 'surname');

	$result1 = compact($temp, 'job');
	$result2 = compact($temp[0], $temp[1], 'job');

	var_dump($result1);
	
	// RESULTS

	/*

	// same result for both versions

	array
	  'name' => string 'James' (length=5)
	  'surname' => string 'Pond' (length=4)
	  'job' => string 'Failure' (length=7)

	*/
?>