Function __call

hi all, I'm sending this email only to ask if someone know if the works of __call in private methods is bug or feature. ex. class user { public function __call ( $name, $arguments ) { do something return call_user_func( array( $this, $name ), $arguments ); } private function xpto ( $arguments ) { do something } } new $user = new user(); $user->xpto(); error: Fatal error: Call to private method user::xpto() from context '' in xpto.php on line 11 PS: what a fucking I was thinking? well, it don't have this public method, then it sholdn't know it exists, then go to __call() i really don't know if it make any sense to someone else, but it still make sense to me any thoughts? ---- ---- Thanks by your attention, Diogo Neves Developer @ Sapo.pt by PrimeIT.pt