PHP 7.4 introduced Arrow functions. And it also introduced implicit by-value scope binding which eliminate the need for use
keyword.
Now if we want to use a variable out of a closure's scope by reference with a regular anonymous function we would do this:
$num = 10;
call_user_func(function() use (&$num) {
$num += 5;
});
echo $num; // Output: 15
But using an arrow function it seems impossible
$num = 10;
call_user_func(fn() => $num += 5);
echo $num; // Output: 10
So how to use $num
variable by reference?
Reading the documentation about it, it says...
By-value variable binding
As already mentioned, arrow functions use by-value variable binding. This is roughly equivalent to performing a use($x) for every variable $x used inside the arrow function. A by-value binding means that it is not possible to modify any values from the outer scope:$x = 1; $fn = fn() => $x++; // Has no effect $fn(); var_dump($x); // int(1)
So it is not possible ATM.