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Request #1853 function pointers on class members don't work
Submitted: 1999-07-23 17:42 UTC Modified: 1999-08-07 12:12 UTC
From: christophe dot massiot at mail dot dotcom dot fr Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.0 Beta 1 OS: Debian GNU/Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-07-23 17:42 UTC] christophe dot massiot at mail dot dotcom dot fr 
The following script doesn't work in PHP4 :

<?
class titi {
function toto() { echo "meuuh"; }

function  main() {
  $var = "\$this->toto";
  $var();
}
}
$titi = new titi;
$titi->main();
?>

Notice that it doesn't work in PHP3 either, so it is not a bug report, rather a feature request.

It doesn't make sense in PHP3, but if you intend to push OO features in PHP4, function pointers might be pretty useful.

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 [1999-08-07 12:12 UTC] zeev at cvs dot php dot net 
They do, you're just using the wrong notation.  The function name
does not include $this - $this is only where the function is
searched.

This is the notation you should use:

$var = "toto";
$this->$var()
 
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