compact
Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0
Create array containing variables and their values.
compact Function synopsis
compact($var_name, ...$var_names): arrayParameters
$var_name
compact takes a variable number of parameters.
Each parameter can be either a string containing the name of the
variable, or an array of variable names. The array can contain other
arrays of variable names inside it; compact
handles it recursively.
$var_names
Variadic, Optional
Return value
Typearray
Returns the output array with all the variables added to it.
Changes to the compact Function
PHP 8.0
- Return type added:
array - Optional parameter added - #2:
$var_names
- compact(...$var_names)
+ compact($var_name, ...$var_names): arraycompact Function Availability
compact Function Availability| PHP Version | Availability |
|---|---|
| PHP 8.6Upcoming Release | Yes |
| PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) | Yes |
| PHP 8.4Supported | Yes |
| PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only | Yes |
| PHP 8.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 8.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.3Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.2Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.1Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 7.0Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.6Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.5Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.4Unsupported | Yes |
| PHP 5.3Unsupported | Yes |