Bug #18187: Consequent implementation of array referencing to user method

From: bram@totalgsm.net Operating system: any PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Consequent implementation of array referencing to user method You support calling user methods using an array in the call_user_func() function. But related functions of call_user_func() don't support the syntax. I would like to see that function_exists could check if the user method exists. The following example code should work: class Foo { function bar($what = 'world') { print 'Hello ' . $what; } } $a_foo = new Foo(); $user_method = array($a_foo, 'bar'); if (!function_exists($user_method)) die('You shouldn\'t see this :)'); $user_method('PHP'); // Should print "Hello PHP" ofcourse. Furthermore the implementation of the user_method calling in call_user_func is incorrect for referencing variabeles, which might be pretty usefull. (see http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17309) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18187&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18187&r=globals