Run functions consecutively by piping through the result of one into the next.

take.php

<?php
if (! function_exists('take')) {
    /**
     * Run functions consecutively by piping through the result of one
     * into the next.
     *
     * @param mixed  $value    A value
     *
     * @return object
     */
    function take($value)
    {
        return new class($value) {

            public function __construct($value)
            {
                $this->id = '__pipe-' . uniqid();
                $GLOBALS[$this->id] = $value;
            }
            
            public function __destruct()
            {
                unset($GLOBALS[$this->id]);
            }

            public function pipe($value)
            {
                $GLOBALS[$this->id] = $value;
                return $this;
            }

            public function __get($name)
            {
                if ($name === 'value') {
                    return $GLOBALS[$this->id];
                }

                trigger_error("Property '$name' doesn't exist and cannot be gotten", E_USER_ERROR);
            }

        };
    }
}

Example usage:

$taken = take('HeLLo, WoRld.');

$taken->pipe(strtolower($taken->value))
      ->pipe(ucfirst($taken->value));

echo $taken->value; // 'Hello world.'