note 47465 added to language.oop5.overloading

Keep in mind that the __call method will not be called if the method you are calling actually exists, even if it exists in a parent class. Check the following example: <?php class BaseClass { function realMethod() { echo "realMethod has been called\n"; } } class ExtendClass extends BaseClass { function __call($m, $a) { echo "virtual method " . $m . " has been called\n"; } } $tmpObject = new ExtendClass(); $tmpObject->virtualMethod(); $tmpObject->realMethod(); ?> Will output: virtual method virtualMethod has been called realMethod has been called You might expect that all method calls on ExtendClass will be handled by __call because it has no other methods, but this is not the case, as the example above demonstrates. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47465 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47465&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47465&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47465&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47465&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47465&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47465&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47465&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php