What is compact() Function ?

compact() Function is used for creating an array from variables and their values.

Syntax compact() Function:

compact(variable1,variable1,variable3....)

Note:If any strings that does not match variable names will be skipped.

You can take reference form below example to use of compact() function.

<?php

$Emp_name = "Jorden";//here $Emp_name  is a variable name
$Emp_cityname = "addor";//here $Emp_cityname  is a variable name
$age = "41";//here $age  is a variable name
$zip_code = "220011";//here $zip_code  is a variable name
//here call compact()
$Emp_detail = compact("Emp_name", "Emp_cityname", "age","zip_code");
//now print the Emp_detail
print_r($Emp_detail);

?>

ouptput will come following:

Array ([Emp_name] => Jorden [Emp_cityname] => addor [age] => 41 [zip_code] => 220011)