PHP compact function
Last Updated: February 17, 2022
compact — Create an array containing variables and their values
Syntax
compact(array|string $var_name, array|string ...$var_names): array
Supports (PHP 4 , PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
var_name, var_names | Each parameter can be either a string containing the name of the variable, or an array of variable names. |
Return Value
Returns the output array with variables
Example
$city = "San Francisco";
$state = "CA";
$event = "SIGGRAPH";
$location_vars = array("city", "state");
$result = compact("event", $location_vars);
print_r($result);
Output
Array
(
[event] => SIGGRAPH
[city] => San Francisco
[state] => CA
)