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Php – array_push on an parent variable is cleared on each call

Here my code:

<?php 
require('vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpMqttClientMqttClient;
use PhpMqttClientConnectionSettings;

$temperature = array();

$server   = '<address>';
$port     = 1883;
$clientId = 'id';

$connectionSettings = (new ConnectionSettings)
  ->setKeepAliveInterval(60)
  ->setLastWillQualityOfService(1);

  $mqtt = new MqttClient($server, $port, $clientId, MqttClient::MQTT_3_1);
  $mqtt->connect($connectionSettings, true);

$mqtt->subscribe('foo', function ($topic, $message) use ($temperature) {
    printf("Received message on topic [%s]: %sn", $topic, $message);
    $obj = json_decode($message);

    array_push($temperature, floatval($obj->temp));
    echo count($temperature);
}, 0);

$mqtt->loop(true);

I run this snipped with:

php mqtt_recv.php

then I send several message to the above topic, and the output is:

Received message on topic [foo]: {"temp":"20.0"}
1
Received message on topic [foo]: {"temp":"20.2"}
1
Received message on topic [foo]: {"temp":"20.4"}
1
Received message on topic [foo]: {"temp":"20.6"}
1

why on each call the parent variable $temperature is cleared?

I’m pretty sure it depends from the use of use because doing the same at root level leads to the expected behavior. Reading the docs I understand the "Inherited variable’s value is from when the function is defined, not when called" but after the first call, should not the variable keep the new values?

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Answers


  1. 0

    By default, anonymous functions in PHP inherit by value, not by reference. So when you’re modifying the $temperature-variable, you’re only changing the local value. To pass a value by reference, you need to prefix it with an ampersand (&). The example below demonstrates this behavior and is taken from example #3 in the documentation page you linked.

    // Inherit by-reference
$message = 'hello';
$example = function () use (&$message) {
    var_dump($message);
};
$example(); // 'hello'

// The changed value in the parent scope
// is reflected inside the function call
$message = 'world';
$example(); // 'world'
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  2. 0

    use is early binding. That means the variable values are COPIED upon DEFINING the closure. So modifying $temperature inside the closure has no external effect, unless it is a pointer, like an object is.
    To fix it, you need to pass $temperature variable as reference(&$temperature).

    $mqtt->subscribe('foo', function ($topic, $message) use (&$temperature) {
printf("Received message on topic [%s]: %sn", $topic, $message);
$obj = json_decode($message);

array_push($temperature, floatval($obj->temp));
echo count($temperature);
}, 0);
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