Re: Function name must be a string error

var_dump(self::$_proc) before the function call, what do you get? On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:01 PM Jeffry Killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> wrote: > Hello again; > > I have solved this before. But it has been too long ago. > I don't remember what the fix was; > > file with function definition: > > $_funct = function(/*args*/){ // code} > > class def: > > private static $_proc = ''; > > __construct() requires file with $_funct definition > and assigns it to self::$_proc > > require(/*file with funct definition*/) > > self::$_proc = $_funct; > > later in $_POST processing the function is called: > > self::$_proc(/*args*/) // -> Function name must be a string > > There are actually more steps to this, but it would require > a lot of code reproduced here for it to make sense. This abstraction > is about as simple as I can represent it. > > In the processing the self::$_proc function is being called under > different circumstances. The error occurs on the first time it is > called. So It appears that it is not a case where one particular > line has a problem and the others don't. > > This has been working elsewhere in testing in the same project. > > I google the error and didn't get listings for the same type of issue. > > Thanks for time and attention; > Jeff K >