What's new in PHP V5.3, Part 2: Closures and lambda functions

Posted by jmalasko on Dec 12, 2008 4:57 AM EDT
IBM/developerWorks; By John Mertic
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Follow along in this "What's new in PHP V5.3" series of articles that covers the new features found in PHP V5.3. Here in Part 2, we look at closures and lambda functions. They are designed to make programming easier by allowing you to define throwaway functions that can be used in many contexts.

Follow along in this "What's new in PHP V5.3" series of articles that covers the new features found in PHP V5.3. Part 1 looks at the changes made to the object-oriented programming and object handling in PHP V5.3. Here in Part 2, we look at closures and lambda functions. They are designed to make programming easier by allowing you to define throwaway functions that can be used in many contexts.

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