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sitilge
sitilge

Reputation: 3737

Execute a function inside array

Is it possible to execute an anonymous function (also, defined inside the array) from inside the of the array ?

return [
    //execute?
    function() {
        //logic
    }
];

Or should I define it outside and only then call it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 527

Answers (3)

nil
nil

Reputation: 43

Try this: 

return [
    call_user_func(function(){
        // logic executed
    })
];

Upvotes: 2

RomanPerekhrest
RomanPerekhrest

Reputation: 92854

You can also achieve this using call_user_func function:

function test(){
    return [
        call_user_func(function(){
            return "I was executed inside array! wow!";
          })  
    ];
}

print_r(test());

// the output:
Array
(
    [0] => I was executed inside array! wow!
)

Upvotes: 2

Jon
Jon

Reputation: 437336

Technically, you can enclose the function in parentheses and invoke it like this:

return [
    (function() { return 42; })()
];

which is the same as

return [
    42
];

However, why would you want to do this? It will only serve to make the code less readable. It would be much better to simply have a separate variable that holds the closure and invoke that as required instead.

Upvotes: 3

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