Re: [PHP4BETA] Problem with variable functions

At 03:29 PM 3/12/00 -0500, chagenbu@wso.williams.edu wrote:

Here's a small snippet that demonstrates an inconsistency with the user-callable function code: <?php class Foo {

        function bar () {
                echo 'Foo::bar() called';
        }

} // this works Foo::bar(); // this doesn't $func = 'Foo::bar'; $func(); ?> Am I right in guessing that this is the same issue that prevents "Foo::bar" being passed to usort()? If so, can this be fixed before RC1?

This won't be fixed as it isn't a bug. It is just the way it works. What we could support at some point is $foo::$bar() but it won't happen before PHP 4. For now you could theoretically do eval("$func();") but it isn't the nicest thing. Are you sure there isn't a different way to write your code? Andi --- Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/