#43405 [NEW]: change in call_user_func() argument validation

From: m at digitalsandwich dot com Operating system: linux 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 PHP version: 5.3CVS-2007-11-26 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: change in call_user_func() argument validation Description: ------------ In PHP 5.2 it was possible to use call_user_func*() to call a non-static method statically. In the latest cvs code for PHP 5.3 this will now produce a warning and does not appear to call the function. This looks like a regression of http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26543 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class A { public function test() { echo get_class($this); } } class B extends A { public function test() { call_user_func(array('parent', 'test')); } } $b = new B; $b->test(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- B Actual result: -------------- Warning: call_user_func() expects parameter 1 to be valid callback, array given in /tmp/test6.php on line 15 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43405&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43405&r=mysqlcfg