Bug #71812 [Com]: wrong code example in php doc

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71812&edit=1 ID: 71812 Comment by: marcosptf at yahoo dot com dot br Reported by: marcosptf at yahoo dot com dot br Summary: wrong code example in php doc Status: Feedback Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Fedora 20 PHP Version: ? Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: that's my version, i'll test in another computer with php7.0. [root@localhost ~]# php --version PHP 5.5.26 (cli) (built: Jun 11 2015 08:25:51) Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.2.7, Copyright (c) 2002-2015, by Derick Rethans thanks for feedback! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-13 07:10:46] requinix@php.net https://3v4l.org/RPAHG Are you testing with PHP 7? Looks like there were problems with 7.0.0-3 that have been fixed with 7.0.4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-13 06:53:47] marcosptf at yahoo dot com dot br Description: ------------ Hello to everyone!!! here ===> http://php.net/manual/en/function.forward-static-call-array.php the docs is fine, the description about this function work is totally correct, but the code example, is wrong; i have write a php test to this function, and i see that the code example is fine but have a mistake. here ===> https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcosptf/25445244080/in/dateposted-public/ we can see if copy + paste from official php doc the code to run in php -a terminal, the result is a warning because the function test() is call before exist. here ===> https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcosptf/25119350863/in/dateposted-public/ we can see if move the function test() to top of code, works fine i have open a pr to test this function ====> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/1810 and open this bug to someone fix this mistake. thanks from php-sp Brazil!!!! Test script: --------------- <?php class A { const NAME = 'A'; public static function test() { $args = func_get_args(); echo static::NAME, " ".join(',', $args)." \n"; } } class B extends A { const NAME = 'B'; public static function test() { echo self::NAME, "\n"; forward_static_call_array(array('A', 'test'), array('more', 'args')); forward_static_call_array( 'test', array('other', 'args')); } } B::test('foo'); function test() { $args = func_get_args(); echo "C ".join(',', $args)." \n"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- B B more,args C other,args Actual result: -------------- B B more,args PHP Warning: forward_static_call_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function 'test' not found or invalid function name in php shell code on line 8 PHP Stack trace: PHP 1. {main}() php shell code:0 PHP 2. B::test() php shell code:1 PHP 3. forward_static_call_array() php shell code:8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71812&edit=1