PHP does not support named parameters for functions per se. However, there are some ways to get around this:
- Use an array as the only argument for the function. Then you can pull values from the array. This allows for using named arguments in the array.
- If you want to allow optional number of arguments depending on context, then you can use func_num_args and func_get_args rather than specifying the valid parameters in the function definition. Then based on number of arguments, string lengths, etc you can determine what to do.
- Pass a null value to any argument you don’t want to specify. Not really getting around it, but it works.
- If you’re working in an object context, then you can use the magic method __call() to handle these types of requests so that you can route to private methods based on what arguments have been passed.