note 9392 added to Classes and Objects

eval () can be handy in getting around quirks or limitations with the PHP parser. To call a variable method with the name of the method stored in a class variable try: eval("\$this->".$this->nameofmethod."();"); The other more straighforward ways of doing this allong the lines of $this->$variablefunction () don't seem to work. http://www.php.net/manual/language.oop.php