# Can someone tell me ...

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/18373
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/18373
- Started by John Coggeshall on 2005-08-24T18:15:59+00:00
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## #18373 — John Coggeshall — 2005-08-24T18:15:59+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/18373#18373

Why this crashes:

php -r 'class a { function b() { return $this->b(); }} $c = new a(); $c-
>b();'

and this does not?

php -r 'function a() { return a(); }'

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## #18429 — Sven Peter — 2005-08-25T13:26:51+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/18373#18429 · In reply to: #18373

Hi,

> Why this crashes:
> 
> php -r 'class a { function b() { return $this->b(); }} $c = new a(); $c-
> > […]
> 
> and this does not?
> 
> php -r 'function a() { return a(); }'

because you forgot to call a();
This also crashes:
php -r "function a() { return a(); } a();"

Sven