[PHP-DOC] Bug #16739 Updated: `print' variable function call fails. From: georg <email protected>
Date: 07/08/02

 ID: 16739
 Updated by: georg <email protected>
 Reported By: marshall <email protected>
-Status: Analyzed
+Status: Closed
 Bug Type: Documentation problem
 Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5,RedHat 2.4.7,Win XP
 PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev
 Assigned To: georg

Previous Comments:
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[2002-05-10 08:15:39] georg <email protected>

Its wrong in the documentation. Assigned to myself

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[2002-05-10 01:32:58] philip <email protected>

Confirmed with PHP 4.3.0-dev (cgi) (may 09, 2002)
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print() in...

This behavior is documented as working in at least two
places. These changes to phpdoc were made on March 05,
2002. So:

  a) Did this used to work?
  b) Will it work in the future?
  c) Should this be documented/undocumented?

I'm guessing it never worked but may in the future.
In the very least, a version of (c) needs to happen.
I can only confirm 4.1.2 through php4-cvs at this time.

print:
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/functions/strings.xml?r1=1.164&r2=1.165

Variable functions:
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/language/functions.xml?r1=1.24&r2=1.25

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[2002-04-22 23:54:40] marshall <email protected>

According to the official PHP documentation
[http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.variable-functions.php] the
language construct `print' can be called as a variable function. The
following code should therefore be valid:

$myfunc = 'print';
$myfunc('My text to print');

Attempting to execute this code on any platform returns a "Fatal error:
Call to undefined function: print()" message.

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