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Doc Bug #54130 call_user_func description is too general
Submitted: 2011-03-01 17:03 UTC Modified: 2012-01-07 18:24 UTC
From: ajrattink at correct dot net Assigned: frozenfire (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 5.3.5 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-03-01 17:03 UTC] ajrattink at correct dot net 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.call-user-func#Parameters
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The manual states that call_user_func(array($classname, $methname), ...) 
will call the static method of the class indicated by +classname+ but fails to mention that it does not work if the class is imported in a namespace. 
To avoid disappointed programmers, I think it should.

Example:
  use X as Y;
  call_user_func(array('Y', 'f'), ...) 

will not work. This means that if the original class caused a nameconflict there is absolutely no way of calling it. Ever.

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 [2011-12-05 23:00 UTC] frozenfire@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: frozenfire
 [2011-12-05 23:00 UTC] frozenfire@php.net 
So, just to clarify what you're saying: It's not currently possible to use 
call_user_func with a callback pointing to a static method in an imported class?

If that's the case, this seems more like a Zend bug than anything 
(zend_call_function is what handles these calls).
 [2012-01-07 18:24 UTC] frozenfire@php.net
-Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback
 [2012-01-07 23:25 UTC] hello at apfelbox dot net 
Hi,

I can confirm that call_user_func does not seem to mind namespaces:

----

namespace A;

class X {
	public static function f ()
	{
		echo 'c';
	}
}

X::f();
call_user_func(array('X', 'f'));

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Expected:

cc

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Actual:

c
Warning: call_user_func() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, class 'X' not found in ....

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One comment to the last sentence of the original commenter:
there is a way: just use the fully qualified name, in my example

call_user_func(array('\A\X', 'f'));

will work as expected.
 [2012-01-07 23:27 UTC] hello at apfelbox dot net 
Sorry, forgot to mention:
tested on OSX with PHP 5.3.6 (not the newest version, I know..)
 
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