Re: __call and recursion

On 9 May 2010 23:56, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Peter Lind <peter.e.lind@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 9 May 2010 23:21, Daniel Kolbo <kolb0057@umn.edu> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I've defined a __call() method inside a class.  Within the __call() >> > method (after testing that the method exists and is callable I am using: >> > >> > call_user_func_array(array($this,$method), $args); >> > >> > However, this seems to be an infinite loop (and is crashing my test >> > apache server).  How, could I still use the __call() method and avoid an >> > infinite loop of calling? >> >> Assuming that your __call() method was reached because no $method was >> defined, using call_user_func_array() to call $method on the same >> object is going to result in ... your __call() method getting called >> again. You need to map the $method to whichever class methods you >> *actually* want to call, instead of blindly trying to reissue the >> call. > > according to op it sounds like hes not blindly reissuing the call, > (after testing that the method exists and is callable I am using: Good point that, misread. Would be good to see the code checking availability of the method, to get some idea of the error. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 </hype>