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PHP Anonymous Functions: What Are They, and Why Use Them?

10 December 2012 / 8 Comments

PHP Anonymous Functions: What Are They, and Why Use Them?

In this tutorial you’ll explore anonymous functions in PHP. Anonymous functions are a PHP feature that you probably won’t use that often; however, they can be really useful in certain situations, as you’ll see.

You’ll look at the following concepts in this tutorial:

  • What anonymous functions are, and how you create them
  • How to assign anonymous functions to variables
  • How to call anonymous functions
  • Using anonymous functions to create neater callbacks, and
  • Creating closures with anonymous functions.

Ready to dive into anonymous functions in PHP? Let’s go!

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