Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49717&edit=1
ID: 49717 Updated by: [email protected] Reported by: oliver dot saunders at gmail dot com Summary: Unable to recurse within an anonymous function -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Mac OS X PHP Version: 5.3.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: See last comment. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-28 21:37:14] dchurch at sciencelogic dot com This is the syntax you're looking for: $c = function($n) use(&$c) { if ($n > 0) { echo $n . PHP_EOL; $c($n - 1); } }; $c(4); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-29 22:08:10] oliver dot saunders at gmail dot com You can workaround like this: $c = function($self, $n) { if ($n > 0) { echo $n . PHP_EOL; $self($self, $n - 1); } }; $c($c, 4); ...but that's not really the point. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-29 22:06:26] oliver dot saunders at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Unable to recurse within an anonymous function. Reproduce code: --------------- $c = function($n) use($c) { if ($n > 0) { echo $n . PHP_EOL; $c($n - 1); } }; $c(4); Expected result: ---------------- 4 3 2 1 Actual result: -------------- 4 Fatal error: Function name must be a string in Command line code on line 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49717&edit=1
