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Abdullah Althobetey
18,216 PointsPHP Closures
So what are the benefits of using closures? We can do the same thing with normal functions and using the keyword global instead of use() Or did I miss something?.
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Tomasz Budny
14,588 PointsIf I understand this correctly if you will use the keyword global you will be able to change the variable outside of the function, but if you will just inherit the variable by passing it through use($var) than you will just get the global variables value from the moment of the functions definition to use inside your function under the same variable name but you are not going to be able to change the global variable it self. So its safer I guess.
There is also an option to "inherit by-reference" like so - use(&$var). This will let you use the value of a variable from when the function is called not from when it is defined.
BUUUUT that's just how I understand it. Don't take my word for it, just read this:
thomascawthorn
22,986 PointsDoes your suggested method support namespacing? Because if not.. that's a huge advantage!