Req #51083 [Opn]: Closures returned by functions/methods must be stored to be executed...

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51083&edit=1 ID: 51083 Updated by: kalle@php.net Reported by: adam dot jorgensen dot za at gmail dot com Summary: Closures returned by functions/methods must be stored to be executed... Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3.1 New Comment: Function call chaining is not supported in any versions of php, its was however decided at the May 2009 PDM to implement it together with array dereferencing in PHP6. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-18 15:02:43] adam dot jorgensen dot za at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When returning an anonymous function from a method or function call, the returned closure is not directly executable in a logical fashion. The closure needs to be stored in order to be executed or must be called via the call_user_func family of functions. This is fairly illogical and inconsistent with the idea of closures. Reproduce code: --------------- function test($a) { return function($b) use($a) { echo $a . ':' . $b . '<br/>'; }; } call_user_func(test(1), 2); $x = test(1); $x(2); test(1)(2); Expected result: ---------------- Output should be: 1:2 1:2 1:2 Actual result: -------------- Execution fails. Error: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51083&edit=1