#49717 [NEW]: Unable to recurse within an anonymous function

From: oliver dot saunders at gmail dot com Operating system: Mac OS X PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Unable to recurse within an anonymous function Description: ------------ Unable to recurse within an anonymous function. Reproduce code: --------------- $c = function($n) use($c) { if ($n > 0) { echo $n . PHP_EOL; $c($n - 1); } }; $c(4); Expected result: ---------------- 4 3 2 1 Actual result: -------------- 4 Fatal error: Function name must be a string in Command line code on line 4 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49717&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49717&r=mysqlcfg