Re: note 98221 deleted from function.call-user-func-array by degeberg

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 17:20, Daniel P. Brown <daniel.brown@parasane.net> wrote: >    What was the reason for removing this note, Dan? Hmm... well, when I read it I just immediately thought "duh, of course". I guess if it isn't obvious that you can do that, it would be better adding another example to the manual than having it as a user note. > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:40,  <degeberg@php.net> wrote: >> Note Submitter: jimbo2150 (at) gmail (dot) com >> >> ---- >> >> I found an easy way to call a parent method in PHP < 5.3 without entering the method >> name directly: >> >> <?php >> class MyClass extends AnotherClass { >>    function _myOverrideMethod() { >>        call_user_func(array('parent',__FUNCTION__)); >>    } >> } >> ?> >> >> This will call the parent method of the current class (AnotherClass::_myOverrideMethod). >> >> I also tried replacing __FUNCTION__ with __METHOD__ but that DOES NOT WORK. I >> var_dump'ed __METHOD__ and realied it included the class name. So, for example, calling >> var_dump(__METHOD__) within the class above will output 'MyClass::_myOverrideMethod' which >> will not work when used as a replacement for __FUNCTION__ above because the call_user_func then >> tries to call 'parent::MyClass::_myOverrideMethod' which DOES NOT WORK. __FUNCTION__ >> included only the method name (without the class). To compare: here are the outputs side-by-side: >> >> <?php >> // Supposing they were called within the MyClass::_myOverrideMethod method above... >> var_dump(__METHOD__); // MyClass::_myOverrideMethod >> var_dump(__FUNCTION__); // _myOverrideMethod >> ?> >> >> -- >> PHP Notes Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > daniel.brown@parasane.net || danbrown@php.net > http://www.parasane.net/ || > http://www.pilotpig.net/ > We now offer SAME-DAY SETUP on a new line of servers! > > -- > PHP Notes Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Daniel Egeberg