PHP Function Arguments - Use an array or not?

Question

I like creating my PHP functions using key=>value pairs (arrays) as arguments instead of individual parameters.

For example, I prefer:

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Answer 1

Well, it's kinda usefully. But for some arguments which is passing always it's better to use classic passing like function some($a1, $a2). I'm doing like this in my code:

function getSome(SomeClass $object, array $options = array())
{
    // $object is required to be an instance of SomeClass, and there's no need to get element by key, then check if it's an object and it's an instance of SomeClass

    // Set defaults for all passed options
    $options = array_merge(array(
        'property1' => 'default1',
        'property2' => 'default2',
        ... => ...
    ), $options); 
}

So, as you can see I like that code style too, but for core-arguments I prefer classic style, because that way PHP controls more things which should I, if I used the you code style.