How PHP closures have to be created and how I wish they could also be created.

anon.php

<?php
$conn = fsockopen('localhost', 8080);

$send = function($data) use ($conn) {
    fwrite($conn, $data);
}

$send('Hello');
$send('World');
$send('\n');

desired.php

<?php
$conn = fsockopen('localhost', 8080);

function send($data) use ($conn) {
    fwrite($conn, $data);
}

send('Hello');
send('World');
send('\n');