What does extract( shortcode_atts( array( do?

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The codex says

It doesn’t make much sense to me (I’m a newbie).

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Here is an example: 

function wps_trend($atts) {
    extract( shortcode_atts( array(
        'w' => '500', 
        'h' => '330',
        'q' => '',
        'geo' => 'US',
    ), $atts));
    $h = (int) $h;
    $w = (int) $w;
    $q = esc_attr($geo);
    ob_start();

Please can you explain?

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  1. shortcode_atts() works like array_merge(): It merges the second list of arguments into the first one. The difference is: It merges only keys present in the first argument ($default).

    extract() then takes the array keys, sets these as variable names and their values as variable values. 'w' => '500' in your example becomes $w = '500'.

    Do not use extract(). This very bad code style. Its usage was deprecated even in core, and that means something … 🙂

    Your example should be written as:

    $args = shortcode_atts( 
    array(
        'w'   => '500',
        'h'   => '330',
        'q'   => '',
        'geo' => 'US',
    ), 
    $atts
);
$w = (int) $args['w'];
$h = (int) $args['h'];
$q = esc_attr( $args['q'] );

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