note 117124 deleted from language.references.return by sobak

Note Submitter: Karim dot Khaled dot Wahby at outlook dot com ---- You can also return a function like this : <?php function ReturnFunc ($num, $num1) { if ($num == 1) { // use is to inheret the variable $num1 from the calling function // You can also Use global to refrance to global vars ; return function ($num2) use ($num1){return $num1+$num2;} ; } else if ($num == 2) { return function ($num2) use ($num1){return $num1-$num2;} ; } } function InvokeTheReturnedFunc($num,$num1, $num2) { $func = ReturnFunc($num, $num1) ; echo gettype($func) . '<br />'; // Object return $func($num2) ; } echo InvokeTheReturnedFunc(1, 5, 8) . '<br />'; // 13 echo InvokeTheReturnedFunc(2, 5, 8) . '<br />'; // -3 echo $asdasd ; // would generate a notice ?>