Bug #74726 [NEW]: Cannot call closure from static class member

From: matteo_tassinari_TM at libero dot it Operating system: Linux PHP version: 7.0.20 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Cannot call closure from static class member Description: ------------ If you declare a closure as a static member of a class, you cannot call it directly. Test script: --------------- class T { public static $f; } T::$f = function() { echo "static member\n"; }; $f = function() { echo "local variable\n"; }; $f(); T::$f(); Expected result: ---------------- local variable static member Actual result: -------------- local variable Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74726&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74726&r=mysqlcfg