PHP: less ugly syntax for named parameters / arrays?

Question

Here\'s what I am trying to accomplish:

function foo($args) {
 switch($args[\'type\']) {
  case \'bar\':
  bar($args[\'data\']);   // do something
  break;
          


        

Answer 1

You could create a JSON-encoded string and use json_decode() to convert it into a variable. This has syntax very similar to the Python-like syntax you mentioned.

$argstr = '{"type" : "bar", "data" : [1, 2, 3], "data2" : [5, 10, 20]}';
$buildArgs = json_decode($argstr, true);

EDIT: Updated code to accommodate @therefromhere's suggestion.