public static function processReq($closure, $getNewStuff, $args) { if (Request::valid($_REQUEST['_token'])) { $data = call_user_func_array($closure, $args); $newStuff = array(); if ($getNewStuff) { //$newStuff = self::whatsNew(); } if (!is_array($data)) { $data = array(); } echo json_encode(array_merge($data, $newStuff)); } }