note 47465 deleted from language.oop5.overloading by danielc
| From: | danielc@php.net | Date: | Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:32:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 47465 deleted from language.oop5.overloading by danielc | ||
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Note Submitter: bigtree at DONTSPAM dot 29a dot nl
Reason: 0
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Keep in mind that the __call method will not be called if the method you are calling actually
exists, even if it exists in a parent class. Check the following example:
<?php
class BaseClass
{
function realMethod()
{
echo "realMethod has been called\n";
}
}
class ExtendClass extends BaseClass
{
function __call($m, $a)
{
echo "virtual method " . $m . " has been called\n";
}
}
$tmpObject = new ExtendClass();
$tmpObject->virtualMethod();
$tmpObject->realMethod();
?>
Will output:
virtual method virtualMethod has been called
realMethod has been called
You might expect that all method calls on ExtendClass will be handled by __call because it has no
other methods, but this is not the case, as the example above demonstrates.