Doc #70160 [NEW]: string with double colon is callable, but cannot be called

From: cf0hay at gmail dot com Operating system: 64bit Linux PHP version: 5.6.11 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:string with double colon is callable, but cannot be called Description: ------------ callable typehint and is_callable may return true for a string with double colon, but it's not callable with parentheses. On the page http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.callable.php "As of PHP 5.2.3, it is also possible to pass 'ClassName::methodName'" Well, able to pass, but cannot use. Occurs in PHP 5.6. PHP 7.0 doesn't have this problem, it works properly. Test script: --------------- <?php namespace ns { class cls{ static function sfn(){ return 'OK'; } } } namespace { function mycallfn(callable $x){ if(is_callable($x)){ return $x(); }else{ return 'FAIL'; } } echo mycallfn(["ns\\cls", "sfn"])."\n"; echo mycallfn("ns\\cls::sfn")."\n"; } Expected result: ---------------- OK OK Actual result: -------------- OK PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function ns\cls::sfn() on line 13 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70160&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70160&r=mysqlcfg