Re: OO method inside a variable

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:36 PM, <simone.nanni@ptvonline.it> wrote: > Hi everybody, > i'm trying to apply a method to an object getting its name from a variable, > that i obtain parsing an XML file. > > For example: > > $object = new Class; > $method = "row()"; #I'm getting this from the XML parser > $object->$method; #I've an error here... > > Obviously the method inside the class exists. > How can i do it? > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Simone Nanni > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Use call_user_func() and call_user_func_array() with the callback format: array($instance, 'method'); for instance methods or array('class_name', 'method'); for static methods so you'd want: $obj = new Class(); $method = "row"; call_user_func(array($obj, $method));