How do I bind a closure created inside a static function to an instance

binding, closures, php

Solution

As i said on my comment it seems that you can't change the "$this" from a closure that comes from a static context. "Static closures cannot have any bound object (the value of the parameter newthis should be NULL), but this function can nevertheless be used to change their class scope." I guess you will have to make something like this:

    class RegularClass {
        private $name = 'REGULAR';
    }

    class Holder{
        public function getFunc(){
            $func = function ()
            {
                // this is a static function unfortunately
                // try to access properties of bound instance
                echo $this->name;
            };
            return $func;
        }
    }
    class StaticFunctions {
        public static function doStuff()
        {


            $rc = new RegularClass();
            $h=new Holder();
            $bfunc = Closure::bind($h->getFunc(), $rc, 'RegularClass');

            $bfunc();
        }
    }

    StaticFunctions::doStuff();

Problem

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