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		mschuster91 on Feb 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP – The Right Way > The language itself, the downsides are very limited and the main one that remains valid is inconsistency of function parameters. Usually one would have an IDE's auto completion to take care about function parameters, and in any case PHP8 has named parameters now to reduce whatever confusion (especially when optional parameters come into play) remains.

xigoi on Feb 7, 2022 [–]

Sure, auto-completion makes the code easier to write. But you can't make it easier to read.

that_guy_iain on Feb 7, 2022 | [–]

Jetbrains shows you the name of the parameter while reading so that part is reasonably easy

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