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[2009-01-20 08:57 UTC] a at b dot c dot de
Description:
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It's already possible to have arrays that represent callable methods (either static or instance), and 5.3's closures offer a third type of "callable" function.
But the $foo() syntax that facilitates calling that callable function still requires $foo to contain a string.
Since in general one cannot know in advance just what type of callable the value of $foo actually is, and when one does know it's often NOT a string, it's necessary to forego the syntax and rely on call_user_func($foo).
What would be nice is if $foo() also worked in the cases where $foo was a callable array or Closure object. call_user_func() itself would largely be relegated to the status of "function equivalent should you need it" and complement to call_user_func_array().
Reproduce code:
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<?php
// For 5.2.x as well.
class Thing {
static function DoesStuff() {
echo 'Hello, World';
}
}
$f = array('Thing', 'DoesStuff');
$f();
?>
Expected result:
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Hello, World
Actual result:
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Fatal error: Function name must be a string in C:\test.php on line 11
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Closures in PHP 5.3 DO work like this, as they should. But I agree that it should be possible to call array($object, 'methodname') or array('classname', 'staticmethod') in this fashion.