note 101507 modified in function.method-exists by danbrown

From: Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:17:10 +0000
Subject: note 101507 modified in function.method-exists by danbrown
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As noted [elsewhere] method_exists() does not care about the existence of __call(), whereas is_callable() does: <?php class Test { public function explicit( ) { // ... } public function __call( $meth, $args ) { // ... } } $Tester = new Test(); var_export(method_exists($Tester, 'anything')); // false var_export(is_callable(array($Tester, 'anything'))); // true ?> --was-- As noted at http://php.net/is-callable#100237 method_exists() does not care about the existence of __call(), whereas is_callable() does: <?php class Test { public function explicit( ) { // ... } public function __call( $meth, $args ) { // ... } } $Tester = new Test(); var_export(method_exists($Tester, 'anything')); // false var_export(is_callable(array($Tester, 'anything'))); // true http://php.net/manual/en/function.method-exists.php

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