Php/docs/language.types.callable
Callbacks / Callables
Callbacks can be denoted by the callable type declaration.
Some functions like call_user_func() or usort() accept user-defined callback functions as a parameter. Callback functions can not only be simple functions, but also object methods, including static class methods.
Passing
A PHP function is passed by its name as a string. Any built-in or user-defined function can be used, except language constructs such as: array(), echo, empty(), eval(), exit(), isset(), list(), print or unset().
A method of an instantiated object is passed as an array containing an object at index 0 and the method name at index 1. Accessing protected and private methods from within a class is allowed.
Static class methods can also be passed without instantiating an
object of that class by either, passing the class name
instead of an object at index 0, or passing
'ClassName::methodName'.
Apart from common user-defined function, anonymous functions and arrow functions can also be passed to a callback parameter.
Generally, any object implementing __invoke() can also be passed to a callback parameter.
Example #1 Callback function examples
<?php// An example callback functionfunction my_callback_function() { echo 'hello world!';}// An example callback methodclass MyClass { static function myCallbackMethod() { echo 'Hello World!'; }}// Type 1: Simple callbackcall_user_func('my_callback_function');// Type 2: Static class method callcall_user_func(array('MyClass', 'myCallbackMethod'));// Type 3: Object method call$obj = new MyClass();call_user_func(array($obj, 'myCallbackMethod'));// Type 4: Static class method callcall_user_func('MyClass::myCallbackMethod');// Type 5: Relative static class method callclass A { public static function who() { echo "A\n"; }}class B extends A { public static function who() { echo "B\n"; }}call_user_func(array('B', 'parent::who')); // A// Type 6: Objects implementing __invoke can be used as callablesclass C { public function __invoke($name) { echo 'Hello ', $name, "\n"; }}$c = new C();call_user_func($c, 'PHP!');?>
Example #2 Callback example using a Closure
<?php// Our closure$double = function($a) { return $a * 2;};// This is our range of numbers$numbers = range(1, 5);// Use the closure as a callback here to// double the size of each element in our// range$new_numbers = array_map($double, $numbers);print implode(' ', $new_numbers);?>
The above example will output:
2 4 6 8 10
Note:
Callbacks registered with functions such as call_user_func() and call_user_func_array() will not be called if there is an uncaught exception thrown in a previous callback.
