#50380 [Bgs]: non static class calls inside of objects will cause a fake __call

ID: 50380 User updated by: dkr at mindwerk dot de Reported By: dkr at mindwerk dot de Status: Bogus Bug Type: Class/Object related Operating System: linux 2.6.21 PHP Version: 5.2.11 New Comment: If i uncomment Bar::__call, i get the text "foobar" and not "__called!" or any other error. That is how 5.2.11 (not tried another version) handles it here currently.. I will try others later. So, if self:: does rely on the scope of the object we came from (because we have NOT defined the function as static), Foo::__call should never be called if self:: or $this is used in Foo, or am i wrong? It is something like PHP uses Bar::__call if it exists and if not Foo::__call(), hence we are not extending the class... Output if Bar::__call commented: "foobar" Output if Bar::__call uncommented: "__called!" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 09:23:35] jani@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php If you comment out the __call magic you'll get pretty clear error message why and what goes wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-04 09:11:12] dkr at mindwerk dot de Description: ------------ I don't really understand the following situation.. Made some comments in the code to explain it. There is something wrong with class and Object scopes: calling a non-static function of another class inside an object will cause __call (in dependence of existence in the other class) to different behaviors when using self:: instead of __CLASS__ in the non-static method. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Foo { function __call($f,$a) { die("__called!\n"); } function write($text) { echo($text); } // defining debug as static will cause // the whole thing to work properly function debug($text) { return call_user_func_array( // "self" acts like making a lookup in // class Bar, fails and then runs the // magic method in this class, but why? // i dont have extended the Bar class... // __CLASS__ will work, but dont work for // extended classes, as self should do it array(self,'write'), array($text,1) ); } } class Bar { function __construct() { Foo::debug("foobar\n"); } // uncomment the following to make Foo::debug() // throw the text foobar, ehm? note that we do NOT // echo any content here... that is something like // inheritance it should not do? will echo "foobar".. /* function __call($f,$a) { } */ } $bar = new Bar(); // will cause php to die Expected result: ---------------- foobar Actual result: -------------- __called! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50380&edit=1