note 126578 added to function.serialize

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22308365/get-string-representation-of-anonymous-function https://3v4l.org/CEmqV UPDATE PHP8 <?php function closure_to_str($func) { $refl = new \ReflectionFunction($func); // get reflection object $path = $refl->getFileName(); // absolute path of php file $begn = $refl->getStartLine(); // have to -1 for array index $endn = $refl->getEndLine(); $dlim = PHP_EOL; $list = explode($dlim, file_get_contents($path)); // lines of php-file source $list = array_slice($list, ($begn-1), ($endn-($begn-1))); // lines of closure definition $last = (count($list)-1); // last line number if((substr_count($list[0],'function')>1)|| (substr_count($list[0],'{')>1) || (substr_count($list[$last],'}')>1)) { throw new \Exception("Too complex context definition in: $path. Check lines: $begn & $endn."); } $list[0] = ('function'.explode('function',$list[0])[1]); $list[$last] = (explode('}',$list[$last])[0].'}'); return implode($dlim,$list); } $dog2 = function(){ return 'test'; }; echo closure_to_str($dog2)."\n\n"; ?> Return String function(){ return 'test'; } ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.112.85.242 (proxied: 147.135.154.63) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/126578 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126578 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/126578 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php