Bug #52933 [NEW]: is_callable() return always TRUE if __call() is defined

From: Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:is_callable() return always TRUE if __call() is defined Description: ------------ As said in the link below, is_callable() will always return TRUE if _call() is defined. Maybe it should simply not, or maybe whe should have another magic method like : __methodexist($name), that return TRUE if a method could be called by __call(). http://www.php.net/manual/fr/function.is-callable.php#49879 Test script: --------------- <?php class TestMe { public function __call($name, $args) { } public function bug($function) { return is_callable(array($this, $function)); } public function iExist() { } } $test = new TestMe(); var_dump($test->bug('iExist')); var_dump($test->bug('iDont')); Expected result: ---------------- bool(true) bool(false) Actual result: -------------- bool(true) bool(true) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52933&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52933&r=mysqlcfg