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functional-php/named-parameters
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Named parameters for functions, methods and constructors.

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Named Parameters
================

[](#named-parameters)

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It is often useful to be able to call a function or methods using named parameters. For example to only pass a different value for the nth default parameter.

PHP does not allow to do that, this library ought to change that.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require functional-php/named-parameters

```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Say you have the following function:

```
function return_array($a, $b, $c) {
    return [$a, $b, $c];
}

```

Any of the following call is equivalent:

```
use function FunctionalPHP\NamedParameters\call_user_func_array_np;

// traditional call with positional arguments
call_user_func_array_np('return_array', [1, 2, 3]);

// named arguments in the correct order
call_user_func_array_np('return_array', ['a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3]);

// named arguments in random order
call_user_func_array_np('return_array', ['c' => 3, 'a' => 1, 'b' => 2]);
call_user_func_array_np('return_array', ['c' => 3, 'b' => 2, 'a' => 1]);

```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can run the test suite for the library using:

```
composer test

```

A test report will be available in the `reports` directory.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Any contribution welcome :

- Ideas
- Pull requests
- Issues

Inspiration
-----------

[](#inspiration)

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###  Health Score

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Maintenance20

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Limited adoption so far

Community8

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Maturing project, gaining track record

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