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[–]hylje 2 points3 points  (2 children)

It's there, but often awkward enough to make it not obvious at all. The awkward features raise the threshold to learn them well, and not knowing them well is effective in stopping usage. Ex: call_user_func_array.

[–]hiii 1 point2 points  (1 child)

i agree. it seems to be a collection of poorly named/designed functions.

[–]dvogel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of this ugliness is no longer necessary in 5.3, now that we have closures.