PHP Default Function Parameter values, how to ‘pass default value’ for ‘not last’ parameters?

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PHP doesn’t support what you’re trying to do. The usual solution to this problem is to pass an array of arguments:

function funcName($params = array())
{
    $defaults = array( // the defaults will be overidden if set in $params
        'value1' => '1',
        'value2' => '2',
    );

    $params = array_merge($defaults, $params);

    echo $params['value1'] . ', ' . $params['value2'];
}

Example Usage:

funcName(array('value1' => 'one'));                    // outputs: one, 2
funcName(array('value2' => 'two'));                    // outputs: 1, two
funcName(array('value1' => '1st', 'value2' => '2nd')); // outputs: 1st, 2nd
funcName();                                            // outputs: 1, 2

Using this, all arguments are optional. By passing an array of arguments, anything that is in the array will override the defaults. This is possible through the use of array_merge() which merges two arrays, overriding the first array with any duplicate elements in the second array.

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