#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

$dispatch_table = array(

        # create some anonymous functions
        'foo' => create_function('$a', 'return "foo got $a\n";'),
        'bar' => create_function('$a', 'return "bar got $a\n";'),
        'baz' => create_function('$a', 'return "baz got $a\n";')
);

print $dispatch_table['foo']('hello');
print $dispatch_table['bar']('hi');
print $dispatch_table['baz']('yo');
?>
# outputs
foo got hello
bar got hi
baz got yo