Re: Closures in PHP

On Thu, January 10, 2008 4:22 am, John Papas wrote: > Is there any functionality in PHP similar to closures? Sort of. There is a create_function: http://php.net/create_function > Are there any plans to add it..? There was discussion on the php-internals list last week about replacing create_function or, rather, adding a new way to create a closure-like thingie. It would not have the full-blown closure behaviour you may be used to from other languages. And, actually, the implementation that seemed to get the most approbation was a simple way to create a function as a kind of a resource (like a MySQL connection resource) and then you could pass it around and use it. It still didn't have a full-blown closure behaviour, as I recall, of keeping the entire environment at the time of the function defintion. If you want something that esoteric, go use Lisp. :-) -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?