$this from current scope supported in Closures prop = $prop; } public function getPrinter() { return function() { echo ucfirst($this->prop); }; } } $a = new Foo('bar');; $func = $a->getPrinter(); $func(); // Outputs: Bar ]]> You can also re-bind a closure to a new object instance getPrinter(); $func(); // Outputs: Bar $func = $func->bindTo($b); $func(); // Outputs: Pickle ]]>