note 91565 modified in function.call-user-func-array by danbrown

If you want to use call_user_func_array to call an objects constructor, this works for me: <?php $obj = new $object_class(); call_user_func_array(array($obj, '__construct'), $args); ?> (However it does depend on having a constructor where all arguments are optional, which may or may not be possible) So this is a two part initiation, the object gets initiated with no arguments first (hence requiring options constructor params), and then __construct gets called again. Thus, you should not do anything in your constructor that triggers effects outside the class... it should just set the objects state. --was-- If you want to use call_user_func_array to call an objects constructor, this works for me: $obj = new $object_class(); call_user_func_array(array($obj, '__construct'), $args); (However it does depend on having a constructor where all arguments are optional, which may or may not be possible) So this is a two part initiation, the object gets initiated with no arguments first (hence requiring options constructor params), and then __construct gets called again. Thus, you should not do anything in your constructor that triggers effects outside the class... it should just set the objects state. http://php.net/manual/en/function.call-user-func-array.php