PHP: Callback functions

Question

Some functions in PHP require a callback function. How can I do this in a function myself? First of all, how do I define a function that require a callback function?

And secondly, how do I provide a custom function as the callback function? How do I provide a regular function, an instance function and a static function?

Answer 1

This should help:

http://php.net/manual/en/language.pseudo-types.php

Answer 2

function myFunc($param1, $param2, $callback) {
   $data = get_data($param1, $param2)
   $callback($data);
}

Answer 3

Use the built in call_user_func(). It may be necessary to use call_user_func_array()

function work($a, $c) {
  $a = filter($a)
  if(!is_callable($c) || !call_user_func($c, $a)) {
    return 0; // throw error
  } else {
    return 1; // return success
  }
}

This is safer than just doing $c($a) a.k.a passed_callback(passed_argument) because checking to see if the function actually exists is done for you, though some have commented on performance degradation over $c($a).