jblotus

author here.

<?php $a = 1; /* global scope */

function test() { echo $a }

test();

in javascript, $a would be 1 but in PHP it is undefined and won't produce output,

jblotus

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thanks for the help

jblotus

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i've also run into this, usually through double event binding

jblotus

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well, functions close over scope no matter what you call them.

jblotus

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author here, it wasn't about hiding private variables. i was demonstrating using closures to avoid global namespace collisions which i think is generally a big problem for beginners.

jblotus

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thanks for reading

jblotus

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or both for next level mode!

jblotus

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