Bug #71170 [NEW]: function name as array not working

From: dallas at ekkysoftware dot com Operating system: debian 8 PHP version: 7.0.1 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:function name as array not working Description: ------------ Function name as an array element not working even though it's a string Test script: --------------- if(false){ //In Magento this doesn't work:- $out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->$callback[1](); //While this does $str = $callback[1]; $out .= $this->getBlock($callback[0])->$str(); } Expected result: ---------------- function is to be called Actual result: -------------- Throws exception:- [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861694 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/source/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php:555 [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861764 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: Stack trace: [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861777 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: #0 /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/source/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(390): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->getOutput() [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861786 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: #1 /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/source/app/code/core/Mage/Cms/Helper/Page.php(137): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->renderLayout() [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861795 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: #2 /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/source/app/code/core/Mage/Cms/Helper/Page.php(52): Mage_Cms_Helper_Page->_renderPage(Object(Mage_Cms_IndexController), 'home') [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861804 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: #3 /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/source/app/code/core/Mage/Cms/controllers/IndexController.php(45): Mage_Cms_Helper_Page->renderPage(Object(Mage_Cms_IndexController), 'home') [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861812 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: #4 /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/source/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(418): Mage_Cms_IndexController->indexAction() [Sun Dec 20 10:09:53.861821 2015] [:error] [pid 3622:tid 140406412060416] [client 110.174.8.215:55270] FastCGI: server "/opt/php-7.0.1/sbin/php-fpm" stderr: #5 /var/www/www.popcherry.com.au/pcmago14/sou... -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71170&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71170&r=mysqlcfg