php: Accessing private php class members without reflection

access_private_members.php

<?php

# A generic property reader abstraction
# https://ocramius.github.io/blog/accessing-private-php-class-members-without-reflection/

$reader = function & ($object, $property) {
    $value = & Closure::bind(function & () use ($property) {
        return $this->$property;
    }, $object, $object)->__invoke();

    return $value;
};

$kitchen = new Kitchen();
$cake    = & $reader($kitchen, 'cake');
$cake    = 'sorry, I ate it!';

var_dump($kitchen);