#47690 [NEW]: $this not accessible inside a lambda function declared within a class

From: crocodile2u at gmail dot com Operating system: ubuntu 8.10 PHP version: 5.3CVS-2009-03-17 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: $this not accessible inside a lambda function declared within a class Description: ------------ http://wiki.php.net/rfc/closures in the "Interaction with OOP" section, it is said that $this is accessible from within a lambda-function that is declared in a method. This is not true for php-5.3.0beta. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php // code completely taken from http://wiki.php.net/rfc/closures class Example { private $search; public function __construct ($search) { $this->search = $search; } public function setSearch ($search) { $this->search = $search; } public function getReplacer ($replacement) { return function ($text) use ($replacement) { return str_replace ($this->search, $replacement, $text); }; } } $example = new Example ('hello'); $replacer = $example->getReplacer ('goodbye'); echo $replacer ('hello world'); // goodbye world $example->setSearch ('world'); echo $replacer ('hello world'); // hello goodbye Expected result: ---------------- no errors occur Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/vbolshov/tmp/x.php on line 16 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47690&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47690&r=mysqlcfg