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In a PHP web application I'm working on, I see functions defined in two possible ways. Approach 1: <pre><code>function myfunc($arg1, $arg2, $arg3) </code></pre> Approach 2: <pre><code>// where $array_params has the structure array('arg1'=>$val1, 'arg2'=>$val2, 'arg3'=>$val3) function myfunc($array_params) </code></pre> When should I use one approach over another? It seems that if system requirements keep changing, and therefore the number of arguments for myfunc keep changing, approach 1 may require a lot of maintenance.
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