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<?php function closure_to_str($func) { $refl = new \ReflectionFunction($func); // get reflection object $path = $refl->getFileName(); // absolute path of php file $begn = $refl->getStartLine(); // have to `-1` for array index $endn = $refl->getEndLine(); $dlim = "\n"; // or PHP_EOL $list = explode($dlim, file_get_contents($path)); // lines of php-file source $list = array_slice($list, ($begn-1), ($endn-($begn-1))); // lines of closure definition $last = (count($list)-1); // last line number if((substr_count($list[0],'function')>1)|| (substr_count($list[0],'{')>1) || (substr_count($list[$last],'}')>1)) { throw new \Exception("Too complex context definition in: `$path`. Check lines: $begn & $endn."); } $list[0] = ('function'.explode('function',$list[0])[1]); $list[$last] = (explode('}',$list[$last])[0].'}'); return implode($list,$dlim); } $dog2 = ['bark'=>function($foo = '{'){}]; echo closure_to_str($dog2['bark'])."\n\n";

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