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

@Mike, you could also "extract()" your $params argument into local variables, like this:

// Class will tokenize a string based on params
public static function tokenize(array $params)
{
    extract($params);
    // Validate required elements
    if (!isset($value)) {
        throw new Exception(sprintf('Invalid $value: %s', serialize($params)));
    }

    // Localize optional elements
    $value         = isset($value) ? $value : '';
    $separator     = isset($separator) ? $separator] : '-';
    $urlEncode     = isset($urlEncode) ? $urlEncode : false;
    $allowedChars  = isset($allowedChars) ? $allowedChars : array();
    $charsToRemove = isset($charsToRemove) ? $charsToRemove : array();

....

Same implementation, but shorter.