<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>

You can use
```
call_user_func_array()
```
to achieve that:
```
call_user_func_array("range", $args);
```
to use your example.