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Posted by lawrence k on 04/24/07 07:39
> > You misunderstood the question. I was asking "Does PHP support
> > closures?" That was the question. I like using closures in languages
> > such as Ruby and Javascript. I was wondering if there was any way to
> > do so in PHP. I'm assuming the answer is no.
>
> OK, I understand now.
>
> If you're talking about $this->value being used to define $value as a
> class member, no.
>
> You can do it for array elements, though -
>
> $myArray['value'] = 123;
>
> defines the array element with key 'value'.
>
> Personally I've never liked being able to define variables dynamically.
> It becomes very difficult to debug and/or modify the code.
Closures are the only way to create protected class variables in
Javascript. In Ruby they are essential for the use of blocks. I wish
PHP supported them so I could add methods to the classes that my co-
worker wrote, without having to use inheritance or to open and edit
their source code.
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