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Request #26739 __call() doesn't work for static methods
Submitted: 2003-12-29 07:50 UTC Modified: 2007-11-09 23:37 UTC
Votes:18
Avg. Score:4.5 ± 0.9
Reproduced:17 of 17 (100.0%)
Same Version:9 (52.9%)
Same OS:12 (70.6%)
From: demiurg at terra dot es Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.0.0 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-12-29 07:50 UTC] demiurg at terra dot es 
Description:
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Hello,
I'm not sure whether it is a bug or a feature, so I just point this out and you decide.

__class() method works like OK for objects, but completely fails when calling a class method (see Reproduce Code).

P.S. Before sending this report, I did a search on "__call" and have found 11 bugs, none of which describes the issue.

Thanks!


Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php

class a {
	static function __call($method, $params) {
		echo "Called $method(".implode(', ', $params).")\n";
	}
}

$c = new a;
$c->test(1, 2, 3);

a::test(3, 2, 1);
	
?>

Expected result:
----------------
Called test(1, 2, 3)

Called test(3, 2, 1)


Actual result:
--------------
Called test(1, 2, 3)

Fatal error: Call to undefined method a::test() in a.php on line 12

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 [2003-12-29 08:07 UTC] helly@php.net 
__call() doesn't offer anything to distinguish between static and dynamic calls. So we'd need a new magic function say __static_call().

For 5.0.0 we have a feature freeze already, so this might take a while.
 [2007-03-16 08:40 UTC] ecentinela at gmail dot com 
Have been resolved this issue? There is some workaround?

Thanks
 [2007-07-29 22:45 UTC] tom at ix dot tc 
The last response was 3 years ago but this has yet to be implemented.
Any updates on this? I would really like to have this feature.
 [2007-08-23 01:47 UTC] stas@php.net 
Actually AFAIK it's implemented in PHP 6 HEAD and maybe will be also backported to 5.3.
 [2007-11-05 14:57 UTC] lokrain at gmail dot com 
stas, I hope you are right! I think this is a majer issue. I hope someone get soon assigned to that "bug?!".
 [2007-11-09 23:37 UTC] stas@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

__callStatic was implemented, I guess it does what you wanted?
 
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