Bug #16739 Updated: `print' variable function call fails.

ID: 16739 Updated by: georg@php.net Reported By: marshall@magpcss.com Status: Analyzed -Bug Type: Variables related +Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5,RedHat 2.4.7,Win XP PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev -Assigned To: +Assigned To: georg New Comment: Its wrong in the documentation. Assigned to myself Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-10 01:32:58] philip@php.net Confirmed with PHP 4.3.0-dev (cgi) (may 09, 2002) PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print() in... This behavior is documented as working in at least two places. These changes to phpdoc were made on March 05, 2002. So: a) Did this used to work? b) Will it work in the future? c) Should this be documented/undocumented? I'm guessing it never worked but may in the future. In the very least, a version of (c) needs to happen. I can only confirm 4.1.2 through php4-cvs at this time. print: http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/functions/strings.xml?r1=1.164&r2=1.165 Variable functions: http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/language/functions.xml?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-22 23:54:40] marshall@magpcss.com According to the official PHP documentation [http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.variable-functions.php] the language construct `print' can be called as a variable function. The following code should therefore be valid: $myfunc = 'print'; $myfunc('My text to print'); Attempting to execute this code on any platform returns a "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print()" message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16739&edit=1