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Example

Example 1

Create an array containing variable names and their values:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$firstname</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Bill"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$lastname</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Gates"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$age</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"60"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$result</span> <span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token function"></span></span><mark> <span class="token function">compact</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"firstname"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"lastname"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"age"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$result</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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Example 2

Use a string that does not match the variable, and an array of variable names:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$firstname</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Bill"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$lastname</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Gates"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$age</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"60"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token variable">$name</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"firstname"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"lastname"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token variable">$result</span> <span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token function"></span></span><mark> <span class="token function">compact</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$name</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"location"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"age"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$result</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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