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Request #52574 function in namespace - call from string
Submitted: 2010-08-10 11:51 UTC Modified: 2010-08-10 12:11 UTC
From: flyingmana at googlemail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.3 OS: Ubuntu
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-08-10 11:51 UTC] flyingmana at googlemail dot com
Description:
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in a script without namespaces you could took the function name in a string und call it via $string()

this does not work, if this function is located in a namespace.


The analog case with classes is described as ok in the docs(dont have tested it), so it should also work with functions.
So i Request to add this feature.

Test script:
---------------
<?php

namespace bar{

	function foo(){
		echo "test", "\n";
	}

	function foo2(){
		echo "test2", "\n";
	}
	function foo3(){
		echo "test3", "\n";
	}
}

namespace{
	echo "start \n";
	\bar\foo();
	use \bar as haha;
	haha\foo2();
	$test = 'haha\foo3';
	$test();
}


?>

Expected result:
----------------
test
test2
test3

Actual result:
--------------
test
test2

Fatal error: Call to undefined function haha\foo3() in /home/flyingmana/Desktop/sandkasten/namespace.php on line 19


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 [2010-08-10 12:11 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-08-10 12:11 UTC] johannes@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.dynamic.php
 [2010-08-10 12:50 UTC] flyingmana at googlemail dot com
Sorry, have looked multiple times to the manual and havent find where this was described for functions.
But back to the problem, i see the call from a string does work.
But if you use an namespace alias, like in my example, it does not work anymore.
Is this real not a bug?
 
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