Re: Re: [ZEND-ENGINE-CVS] cvs: ZendEngine2 / zend_execute.c /tests bug26802.phpt

Hello Andrei, Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 12:34:45 AM, you wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jan 2004, Marcus Boerger wrote: >> > On Tue, 06 Jan 2004, Marcus Boerger wrote: >> >> I see "\$obj->blah" much different becasue it would require >> >> evaluating the >> >> string and access the current symbol table to get $obj. Further more we'd >> >> need to patch $this and so on. On the other hand $class::$method() should >> >> access the static property $method of class $class and call the result as a >> >> function. >> >> > So you are breaking backwards-compatibility? Because in PHP 4 >> > "foo::$b()" would invoke the method named by $b, rather than accessing >> > propert named by $b calling the result as a function. >> >> I only changed the what can be done with single variables. And there i added >> the ability to call static methods like you can do from sqlite's sql. Please >> show me an example that does work in 4 but not in 5 if i missed something. > By your claim, class::$method() should access static property $method of > class named 'class' and call the result as a function. It doesn't work > that way in PHP 4. That is because in PHP4 we don't have statics and yes it is a BC problem we must live or we must drop statics. > Is 'class::method' syntax supported by call_user_function() as well > then? No but for that you have call_user_method() or the preferred way of using the array notation. When i made the patch that allowed static calls from within sqlite i discussed this with Andi and we thought the array notation would be enough for call_user_fun(). Howerver i was unaware that the problem exists for our 'function pointers' as well. -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:helly@php.net