Question

I build a (so far) pretty nice templating mechanism for a cms. Now I also added a set of developer tools to the UI for a better UX during development. The only problem I’m left with is that I have to use create_function to add my templates, and therefore have lambda_xyz instead of meaningful template or function names.

Question: Is there a way/work around to give meaningful names to lambda functions in php?

Answer 1

This reference might be able to point you in the right direction:
http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php

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Anonymous functions require PHP 5 >= 5.3.0

$function_name = 'meaningful_name';

// PHP 5 >= 5.3.0
$$function_name = function(){echo "I am connected to a meaningful name";}; 

// PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5
$$function_name = create_function('', 'echo "I am connected to a meaningful name";');

// Then you can call your function like this
$meaningful_name();

If this isn’t what you are looking for, can you update your question with what you are trying to accomplish in more detail?