Faking PHP Named Parameters

namedparameters.php

<?php
/**
 * http://philsturgeon.uk/blog/2013/09/named-parameters-in-php
 */
public function getFriends($args)
{
    $args += [
        'user_id' => null,
        'screen_name' => null,
        'cursor' => -1,
        'skip_status' => false,
        'include_user_entities' => false,
    ];
    extract($args);
    // ....
}
$api->getFriends(['screen_name' => 'phpdrama', 'include_user_entities' => true]);

/**
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/680368/emulating-named-function-parameters-in-php-good-or-bad-idea?rq=1
*/

function pythonic(array $kwargs)
{
    extract($kwargs);
    // .. rest of the function body
}

// if params are optional or default values are required
function pythonic(array $kwargs = array('name'=>'Jon skeet'))
{
    extract($kwargs);
    // .. rest of the function body
}

/**
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/680368/emulating-named-function-parameters-in-php-good-or-bad-idea?rq=1
*/
function myFunc (array $args) {
    $default = array(
        "name" => "John Doe",
        "age" => "30"
    );
    // overwrite all the defaults with the arguments
    $args = array_merge($defaults, $args);
    // you *could* extract($args) here if you want

    echo "Name: " . $args['name'] . ", Age: " . $args['age'];
}

myFunc(array("age" => 25)); // "Name: John Doe, Age: 25"


/**
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1620737/using-default-value-when-calling-a-function
 */

function test($options = array()) {
    $defaults = array(
        't1' => 'test1',
        't2' => 'test2',
        't3' => 'test3',
    );
    $options = array_merge($defauts, $options);
    extract($options);
    echo "$t1, $t2, $t3";
}

Call your function this way :

test(array('t3' => 'hi, i am different'));