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Bug #73201 Cannot call a method in $objName->$arrName[$key]() form from 7.0
Submitted: 2016-09-29 03:43 UTC Modified: 2016-09-29 04:03 UTC
From: liyangdal at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 7.0.11 OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2016-09-29 03:43 UTC] liyangdal at gmail dot com
Description:
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until 5.6.26, I can call a method for a object in the below form which the $value is a method in the class:

$objName->$arrName[$key]();

but from 7.0, I got error message like:

PHP Notice:  Array to string conversion in /home/xxx/test.php on line 12
PHP Notice:  Undefined property: TestClass::$Array in /home/xxx/test.php on line 12
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in /home/xxx/test.php:12
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
  thrown in /home/xxx/test.php on line 12

Test script:
---------------
<?php
class TestClass{
    function testFunc() {
        echo "a\n";
    }
}

$funcs = array( "a" => "testFunc");

$testObject = new TestClass();
$funcTag = "a";
$testObject->$funcs[$funcTag]();


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 [2016-09-29 04:03 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2016-09-29 04:03 UTC] requinix@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

The order of evaluation in situations like that has changed in PHP 7.
http://php.net/manual/en/migration70.incompatible.php#migration70.incompatible.variable-handling.indirect
 
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