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Asked: 2026-05-19T14:43:56+00:00

I can not seem to find any documents stating if anonymous functions in templates

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I can not seem to find any documents stating if anonymous functions in templates are a good idea when templating HTML with PHP. I have the following code for example:

<html><body>
<?
$listMethod = function($items)
{
    ?>
    <ul>
        <?foreach ($items as $item):?>
            <li><?=$item?></li>
        <?endforeach;?>
    </ul>
<?
};
?>
<?=$listMethod(array('1','2','3'))?>
<p> AND </p>
<?=$listMethod(array('a','b','c'))?>
</body></html>

Is this a good or bad way to create templates in PHP?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Bad bad way , it will be realy hard to debug them, edit, find, … . You could include a template_functions.php file at the top of you’re template and store all template related functions/helpers there .

    Edit

    Allso do not use short tags if you’re into conding standards , most hosting companyes will allow them ( short tags ) but a few whont so you’ll have problems .

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