Accessing private variables from within a closure

Question

I\'m trying to reference a private variable of an object from within a closure. The code below would seem to work, but it complains Fatal error: Cannot access self:: w

Answer 1

This is possible starting in PHP 5.4.0

class test {
    function testMe() {
        $test = new test;
        $func = function() use ($test) {
            $test->findMe();        // Can see protected method
            $test::findMeStatically();  // Can see static protected method
        };
        $func();
        return $func;
    }

    protected function findMe() {
        echo " [find Me] \n";
    }

    protected static function findMeStatically() {
        echo " [find Me Statically] \n";
    }
}

$test = new test;
$func = $test->testMe();
$func();        // Can call from another context as long as 
            // the closure was created in the proper context.