diff --git a/JSObject.php b/JSObject.php
index 609ff55..63910c3 100644
--- a/JSObject.php
+++ b/JSObject.php
@@ -11,6 +11,26 @@
  */
  
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// ! Shortcut Function
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Returns an instance of a JSObject instantiated with the passed parameters
+ *
+ * @param mixed
+ * @return JSObject
+ */
+function JSObject()
+{
+	// Create the object
+	$obj = new JSObject();
+	
+	// Set the parameters
+	call_user_func_array([$obj, '__construct'], func_get_args());
+	return $obj;
+}
+
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
  * JSObject class
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 110be9e..9289ec8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ The following array functions are blacklisted because of their parameter orderin
 		
 		$obj->x(); // Returns 50
 		
+	or, with the helper function:
+	
+		$obj = JSObject([
+			'a' => 10,
+			'b' => 5,
+			'c' => 0,
+			'x' => function() {
+				return $this->a * $this->b;
+			}
+		]);
+		
+		$obj->x(); // Returns 50
+		
 * Get an array of the properties of the object:
 
 		$obj = new JSObject([
diff --git a/tests.php b/tests.php
index 04c0dc8..78aba93 100644
--- a/tests.php
+++ b/tests.php
@@ -88,5 +88,34 @@ class JSObjectTests extends UnitTestCase {
 		
 		$this->assertEqual($obj->array_values(), ['foo','bar']);
 	}
+	
+	function TestJSObjectFunc()
+	{
+		$obj1 = new JSObject([
+			'x' => 'foo',
+			'y' => 'bar'
+		]);
+		
+		$obj2 = JSObject([
+			'x' => 'foo',
+			'y' => 'bar'
+		]);
+		
+		$this->assertEqual($obj1, $obj2);
+	}
+	
+	function TestFuncClosure()
+	{
+		$obj = JSObject([
+			'a' => 10,
+			'b' => 5,
+			'c' => 0,
+			'x' => function() {
+				return $this->a * $this->b;
+			}
+		]);
+		
+		$this->assertEqual($obj->x(), 50);
+	}
 
 }
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