#41866 [NEW]: method overloading works "correctly" but not "as described"

From: ozone at cname dot com Operating system: netbsd PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: method overloading works "correctly" but not "as described" Description: ------------ Documentation states that the __call() method will be passed two arguments, the first being the name of the called method, the second being *an array* of the arguments. Thus, when daisy-chaining the __call() method via parent::__call() or equivalent, the second __call() should have an array with a single element which is an array of the arguments passed to the first __call(). The actual behavior is more desirable than the documented behavior, and this is probably "not a bug". That said, I don't want to rewrite my code if a future version of PHP changes the behavior without warning. Reproduce code: --------------- class a { function __call($m, $a) { echo "--- a::$m\n"; echo "call($m) "; var_dump($a); } } class b extends a { function __call($m, $a) { echo "--- b::$m\n"; if($m == "special") { echo "special override "; var_dump($a); } else parent::__call($m, $a); } } $ca = new a(); $cb = new b(); $ca->test(); $ca->test("one", "two"); $cb->special(); $cb->test(); $cb->test("one", "two"); Expected result: ---------------- A literal interpretation of the documentation says the var_dump ultimately executed by the last call to $cb->test() "should" display something like: array(1) { [0]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(3) "one" [1]=> string(3) "two" } } Actual result: -------------- array(2) { [0]=> string(3) "one" [1]=> string(3) "two" } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41866&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=mysqlcfg