how to turn associative array into function parameters in php

Question

Is there a way to turn an associative array into parameters for a function.

I have a simply array such:

$arr = [
  'id' => 321654,
  'name' => 'action1'
];

I have a static function in a class:

class someclass{
  static function someFunction( $id, $name ){
     //the rest of the method
  }
}

I can call the class by variables, eg:

$class = 'someclass';
$method = 'somFunction';

return $class::$method(  );

I can also pass is in a definite qty of function parameters, or an array

return $class::$method( $arr );

In this example's case I could hard code the params to:

return $class::$method( $arr['id'], $arr['name'] );

But how would i pass an unknown qty of keys. Another run may contain 1 key or 4 or 10...

I think @Rizier123 possibly meant func_get_args - either way check here php.net/manual/en/… — rjdown
– rjdown, Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 14:18
return call_user_func_array( ''.$class.'::'.$method, $params ); Worked a charm. Adding to Q — user1037355
– user1037355, Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 14:24
@John Yey, you got the solution! But please see: stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer answers in the answer section :) — Rizier123
– Rizier123, Commented Apr 9, 2016 at 14:28

user1037355 · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-09 14:29:31Z

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Thanks to @Rizier123 comment:

This worked very nicely:

call_user_func_array( ''.$class.'::'.$method, $arr );

answered Apr 9, 2016 at 14:29

user1037355

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