<?php
$var = 100;
$function = function() use(&$var){ // notice the &
$var = $var + 23;
echo "within the function \$var is " . $var . "\n";
};
$function(); // calls the above function
echo "outside of the function \$var is " . $var . "\n";
within the function $var is 123
outside of the function $var is 123
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
within the function $var is 123
outside of the function $var is 123