I have a variable length array that I need to transpose into a list of parameters for a function.
I hope there is a neat way of doing this - but I cannot see how.
Yes, use call_user_func_array():
call_user_func_array('function_name', $parameters_array);
You can use this to call methods in a class too:
class A { public function doStuff($a, $b) { echo "[$a,$b]\n"; } } $a = new A; call_user_func_array(array($a, 'doStuff'), array(23, 34));