Bug #65643 [Opn->Nab]: Dynamically created methods cannot be called directly

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65643&edit=1 ID: 65643 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported by: yuri dot sulyma at gmail dot com Summary: Dynamically created methods cannot be called directly -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Class/Object related Operating System: OS X 10.8.4 PHP Version: 5.5.3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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 This is a limitation of PHP's type system. Functions/methods and variables don't share a common namespace. Currently there is no plan to change this. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-09-09 18:13:07] yuri dot sulyma at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Methods dynamically created by assigning a closure to a property of $this cannot be called directly, but must instead by assigned to a variable first. Test script: --------------- class O { public $f; function __construct() { $this->f = function() { echo "Dynamic method\n"; }; } } $o = new O(); $f = $o->f; $f(); $o->f(); Expected result: ---------------- Dynamic method Dynamic method Actual result: -------------- Dynamic method Fatal error: Call to undefined method O::f() ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65643&edit=1