note 114178 added to functions.anonymous

In 5.3, $this cannot be used in an anonymous function, though you can simply assign $this to another variable and pass that into the function in the use section, This quick and dirty hack works for at least calling public functions and accessing public variables of the parent class. <?php class Example { public $blah; function foo() { $that = $this; $tmp = function() use ($that) { return $that->blah; } return $tmp; } } $test = new Example(); $example->blah = "whatever"; echo $example->foo(); // prints "whatever" ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 72.52.91.14 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114178 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114178 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114178 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php