[PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP] calling static class functions using a function variable From: Rasmus Lerdorf (rasmus <email protected>)
Date: 01/17/01

> Hi all,
> Hope you can help. I have an class called xml and a class method called
> hi_handler. I am able to call this method statically as follows:
>
> xml::hi_handler($attrs);
>
> but when I try to call it like this, it fails miserably:
>
> $junk="xml::hi_handler";
> $junk();
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: xml::hi_handler()
>
> Any ideas - besides the obvious way of using a dummy instance. I am using
> php 4.0.3pl1

I wouldn't have expected that to work, but I did expect something like:

   xml::$func()

to work. However I just tested it and it doesn't. Perhaps something that
can be fixed.

-Rasmus 

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