named_parameter_emulation.php

<?php

function npparse($values) {
    $result = array();
    $result['args'] = array();
    $result['kwargs'] = array();
    $key = NULL;
    foreach($values as $v) {
        if (!is_null($key)) {
           $result['kwargs'][$key] = $v;
           $key = NULL;
           continue;
        }
        if (is_string($v)) {
          if ($v[0] == ':') {
            $key = substr($v, 1);
            continue;
          }
        }
        $result['args'][] = $v;
    }
    return $result;
}

function test() {
    var_dump(npparse(func_get_args()));
}

test(":age", 33, ":name", "Antonio", 1976);

?>

named_parameter_emulation_output.txt

array(2) {
  ["args"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    int(1976)
  }
  ["kwargs"]=>
  array(2) {
    ["age"]=>
    int(33)
    ["name"]=>
    string(7) "Antonio"
  }
}

Came up with this named parameter emulation hack for PHP that I swear I haven´t seen before :) It's a pretty simple idea but at least looks like a neat hack to me :) I got inspired by Python's _args and *_kwargs and Ruby's symbols.