Bug #72615 [NEW]: Method __call is triggered instead of an existing method

From: madboy at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu 14.04 PHP version: 5.6.23 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Method __call is triggered instead of an existing method Description: ------------ Method __call is triggered instead of an existing method Test script: --------------- class A { const METHOD = 'test'; public function test() { echo 'test'; } public function __call($a, $b) { echo '__call'; } public function start() { $this->{self::METHOD}(); } } $obj = new A(); $obj->start(); Expected result: ---------------- a string "test" Actual result: -------------- a string "__call" -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72615&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72615&r=mysqlcfg