note 109835 added to language.oop5.magic

osbertv at yahoo dot com is semi right; PHP syntax (at least in 5.3) doesn't allow you to call $obj->someProperty(). When PHP sees that, it expects to find a *method* named someProperty. However, there are at least two ways to accomplish this. <?php class A { public function __invoke() { print "In A::__invoke()\n"; } } class B { public $a; public $closure; public function __construct() { $this->a = new A; $this->closure = function() { print "In closure\n"; } } } $b = new B; $b->a->__invoke(); // works call_user_func($b->a); // works too // even works with closures $b->closure->__invoke(); // works call_user_func($b->closure); // works too ?> call_user_func is probably better if you expect your invokables may be of the old ($object, $methodName) or "$functionName" types. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 98.249.12.255 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109835 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109835 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109835 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php