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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 18:42:52 +0200
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To: Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] $arr = array('Hello', 'world'); $arr();
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

+1, very good job!

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Reading our bug tracker I noticed a good feature request [1] from 2009 wh=
ich
> points to an interesting feature that I think makes sense for us, since w=
e
> are now working with $f() using objects and strings, and the array('class=
',
> 'method') is an old known for call_user_func()-like functions.
>
> So, I wrote a patch [2] that allow such behavior to be consistent with
> arrays. See some examples:
>
> class Hello {
> =A0 public function world($x) {
> =A0 =A0 =A0echo "Hello, $x\n"; return $this;
> =A0 }
> }
>
> $f =3D array('Hello','world');
> var_dump($f('you'));
>
> $f =3D array(new Hello, 'foo');
> $f();
>
> All such calls match with the call_user_func() behavior related to magic
> methods, static & non-static methods.
>
> The array to be a valid callback should be a 2-element array, and it must=
 be
> for the first element object/string and for the second string only. (just
> like our zend_is_callable() check and opcodes related to init call)
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> [1] - http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3D47160
> [2] - http://felipe.ath.cx/diff/fr47160.diff
> phpt: http://felipe.ath.cx/diff/fr47160.phpt
>
> --
> Regards,
> Felipe Pena
>



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