Does a PHP static anonymous function really work?

Question

I\'m trying to learn PHP, and now I\'m stuck in \'static anonymous function\'.

I found this in a tutorial (http://www.slideshare.net/melechi/php-53-part-2-lambda-fun

Answer 1

There should be no need to define it with the static keyword.

paint('red');
var_dump($callback); // object(Closure)#2 (2) {..}
var_dump($callback()); // "Painting the house red..."