Comparison of Callable and Closure type hint in PHP - see https://ideone.com/Vo9vpd or https://3v4l.org/jqMtg
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(1) string : 'foo'
callable : false
__invoke : false
closure : false
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(2) string : 'trim'
callable : true
__invoke : false
closure : false
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(3) string : '\\Potherca\\Example\\TypeHints\\Example::typeHintMissing'
callable : true
__invoke : false
closure : false
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(4) array : array (0 => '\\Potherca\\Example\\TypeHints\\Example',1 => 'typeHintMissing',)
callable : true
__invoke : false
closure : false
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(5) array : array (0 => Potherca\Example\TypeHints\Example::__set_state(array()),1 => 'typeHintMissing',)
callable : true
__invoke : false
closure : false
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(6) object : Potherca\Example\TypeHints\Example::__set_state(array())
callable : true
__invoke : true
closure : false
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(7) object : Closure::__set_state(array())
callable : true
__invoke : true
closure : true
<?php
/**
* Output of this file can be seen "live" at https://ideone.com/Vo9vpd or https://3v4l.org/jqMtg
*/
namespace Potherca\Example\TypeHints;
class Example
{
public static function typeHintMissing($subject)
{
return $subject;
}
public static function typeHintCallable(callable $subject)
{
return $subject;
}
public static function typeHintClosure(\Closure $subject)
{
return $subject;
}
public function __invoke($subject)
{
return $subject;
}
}
$output = <<<'TXT'
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(%d) %s : %s
callable : %s
__invoke : %s
closure : %s
TXT;
$example = new Example();
$callables = array(
1 => 'foo',
2 => 'trim',
3 => '\Potherca\Example\TypeHints\Example::typeHintMissing',
4 => array('\Potherca\Example\TypeHints\Example', 'typeHintMissing'),
5 => array($example, 'typeHintMissing'),
6 => $example,
7 => function ($subject) {return $subject;},
);
array_walk($callables, function ($callable, $key) use ($output) {
$is_callable = is_callable($callable);
$is_invoke = method_exists($callable, '__invoke');
$is_closure = $callable instanceof \Closure;
if ($is_callable === true) {
/** @noinspection VariableFunctionsUsageInspection */
call_user_func($callable, 'foo');
Example::typeHintCallable($callable);
}
if ($is_closure === true) {
Example::typeHintClosure($callable);
}
if ($is_invoke === true) {
$callable('foo');
}
vprintf($output, array(
'key' => $key,
'type' => gettype($callable),
'value' => str_replace(array("\n", ' '), '', var_export($callable, true)),
'is_callable' => var_export($is_callable, true),
'is_invoke' => var_export($is_invoke, true),
'is_closure' => var_export($is_closure, true),
));
});