passing a variable to an anonymous function in a wordpress filter

Question

I am trying to override a plugin that creates SEO titles in wordpress. The filter does the job but I need to dynamically create the titles. So I create the title then pass it to an anonymous function. I could have another function that creates the titles put this will definitely be cleaner...

This works

function seo_function(){

 add_filter('wpseo_title', function(){
        return 'test seo title';
    });

}

This doesn't

function seo_function(){

//create title above
$title="test seo title";


    add_filter('wpseo_title', function($title){
        return $title;
    });

}

Thanks for any help

Joe

Without using an anonymous function example - this works, but I still can't pass a variable, I'd have to duplicate code to create the title.

function seo_function(){

//create title above
$title="test seo title";


    add_filter('wpseo_title', 'seo_title');

}

function seo_title(){

$title="test";

return $title;

}

What about for example calling the function that generates the title inside of the filter function? — ndm, Jul 28 '13 at 12:08

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37

16

You pass variables into the closure scope with the use keyword:

$new_title = "test seo title";

add_filter( 'wpseo_title', function( $arg ) use ( $new_title ) {
    return $new_title;
});

The argument in function($arg) will be sent by the apply_filters() call, eg the other plugin, not by your code.

See also: Passing a parameter to filter and action functions

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:37

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answered Jul 28 '13 at 12:30

fuxia

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Ah I see, so when would you use function( $argument ){} ? – jhodgson4 Jul 28 '13 at 12:36
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The argument in `function($arg)` will be sent by the `apply_filters()` call, eg the other plugin, not by your code. – fuxia Jul 28 '13 at 12:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '13 at 12:22

The params you can provide to custom filters are defined by the filter and the way filters work in Wordpress. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference for documentation about filters in Wordpress.

Also you're not the first attempting this so maybe this will help you (as I don't have a Wordpress install to test it with): http://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-title-dynamically

If you can't get it working I would suggest using the forum of the plugin you're using or contacting the developer directly.

passing a variable to an anonymous function in a wordpress filter

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