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title: "The many uses of “…” ellipsis operator in PHP"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-many-uses-of-ellipsis-operator-in-php-1tsrwy7tz
source_url: https://www.amitmerchant.com/the-many-uses-of-ellipsis-operator-in-php/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-11-21T06:52:28.088Z
updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 14
comments: 0
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# The many uses of “…” ellipsis operator in PHP

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## Summary

Learn about the various uses of the ellipsis operator in PHP, including its role in variadic functions and methods, array unpacking, variadic array merging, and passing a callable as a closure.

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