PHP OOP variable scope problem

[RichardGv]

Regarding the static thing, I don't know why PHP doesn't print error messages. I've set php to display all errors in the .ini file.
It's probably a windows fault.

Hmm, no, it isn't a Windows fault, I just found out. E_STRICT Strict Standard warnings are not enabled by default in PHP. I have it enabled since XAMPP does by default.
To enable E_STRICT warnings, change error_reporting in php.ini to:

Code:

error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT

Anyway, I was just wondering. If I had a lot of properties/vars, would it be feasible to load them onto an array, and then pass the array as an argument (To Activate())? Would that be a valid way to do such without generating errors?

1. In PHP syntax it's perfectly valid.
   
2. However it does not sound like a good idea: Packing all the variables to an array will require a lot of extra code, more than even writing all the parameters down.
   Let's imagine packing 3 variables:
   
   PHP Code:

   // Overall: 335 bytes of code
// main.php - Packing part
$packedvars = array('variableOne', 'variableTwo', 'variableThree');
for each($packedvars as $varname)
    $pack[$varname] = $$varname;
Activate("the Oven", $pack);

// child.php - Unpacking part
function Activate($Arg, $pack) {
    echo $pack['variableOne'];
    echo $pack['variableTwo'];
    echo $pack['variableThree'];
} 

   But if you just write all the variables directly to the parameter list:
   (There's one point to pay attention: You may copy a large part of the first line in main.php directly to the first line in child.php).
   
   PHP Code:

   // Overall: 253 bytes of code
// main.php - Calling part
Activate("the Oven", $variableOne, $variableTwo, $variableThree);

// child.php
function Activate($Arg, $variableOne, $variableTwo, $variableThree) {
    echo $variableOne;
    echo $variableTwo;
    echo $variableThree;
} 

   So, actually, packing all the variables requires you to type more code! Not to mention the memory and CPU time cost of duplicating every variable for 3 times (the first time as $variableOne in main.php, the second time as $pack['variableOne'] in main.php, the third time as $pack['variableOne'] in child.php). Worthy? Not really.
   Passing the whole object (as reference) could be even easier, if possible.