title: unpacking an array of arguments in php
body: <p>Python provides the "*" operator for unpacking a list of tuples and giving them to a function as arguments, like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>args = [3, 6]
  range(*args)            # call with arguments unpacked from a list
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is equivalent to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>range(3, 6)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Does anyone know if there is a way to achieve this in PHP? Some googling for variations of "PHP Unpack" hasn't immediately turned up anything.. perhaps it's called something different in PHP?</p>