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copied!<p>Option A)</p> <pre><code><?php function registerTemplateA() { // loop over every variable defined in the global scope, // such as those you created there when calling this function foreach($GLOBALS as $potentialKey => $potentialValue) { $valueArgs = func_get_args(); if (in_array($potentialValue, $valueArgs)) { // this variable seems to match a _value_ you passed in $args[$potentialKey] = $potentialValue; } } // you now have an associative array in $args print_r($args); } registerTemplateA($name = "my template", $screenshot = "screenshot.png", $description = "nice template"); ?> </code></pre> <p>Option B)</p> <pre><code><?php function registerTemplateB() { // passing in keys as args this time so we don't need to access global scope for ($i = 0; $i < func_num_args(); $i++) { // run following code on even args // (the even args are numbered as odd since it counts from zero) // `% 2` is a modulus operation (calculating remainder when dividing by 2) if ($i % 2 != 0) { $key = func_get_arg($i - 1); $value = func_get_arg($i); // join odd and even args together as key/value pairs $args[$key] = $value; } } // you now have an associative array in $args print_r($args); } registerTemplateB('name', 'my template', 'screenshot', 'screenshot.png', 'description', 'nice template'); ?> </code></pre> <p>Option C)</p> <pre><code><?php function registerTemplateC($args) { // you now have an associative array in $args print_r($args); } registerTemplateC(array('name' => 'my template', 'screenshot' => 'screenshot.png', 'description' => 'nice template')); ?> </code></pre> <p>Conclusion: option C is the best "for minimum code"</p> <p>(Note: this answer is valid PHP code, with open and close tags in the correct places, tested using PHP 5.2.x and should run on PHP 4 also... so give it a try if you must.)</p>

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