Fastest way to implode an associative array with keys

Question

I\'m looking for a fast way to turn an associative array in to a string. Typical structure would be like a URL query string but with customizable separators so I can use \'<

Answer 1

What about this shorter, more transparent, yet more intuitive with array_walk

$attributes = array(
  'data-href'   => 'http://example.com',
  'data-width'  => '300',
  'data-height' => '250',
  'data-type'   => 'cover',
);

$args = "";
array_walk(
    $attributes, 
    function ($item, $key) use (&$args) {
        $args .= $key ." = '" . $item . "' ";  
    }
);
// output: 'data-href="http://example.com" data-width="300" data-height="250" data-type="cover"