This function 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.

Parameters

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	var1(Required) It can be a string with the variable name, or an array of variables.
2	var2(Optional) It can be a string with the variable name, or an array of variables.

Sr.No

Parameter & Description

var1(Required)

It can be a string with the variable name, or an array of variables.

var2(Optional)

It can be a string with the variable name, or an array of variables.

Return Value

It returns the output array with all the variables added to it.

Example

Try out following example −

Live Demo

<?php
   $city  = "San Francisco";
   $state = "CA";
   $event = "New Year";
   $result = compact("city", "state", "event");
   print_r($result);
?>

This will produce the following result −

Array ( [city] => San Francisco [state] => CA [event] => New Year )

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