CODE EXAMPLE FOR PHP

what is the use of closure function in php

<?php
$input = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);

// Creates a new anonymous function and assigns it to a variable
$filter_even = function($item) {
    return ($item % 2) == 0;
};

// Built-in array_filter accepts both the data and the function
$output = array_filter($input, $filter_even);

// The function doesn't need to be assigned to a variable. This is valid too:
$output = array_filter($input, function($item) {
    return ($item % 2) == 0;
});

print_r($output);