Posted by Jochem Maas on 11/22/05 15:52

Ahmed Saad wrote:
> hi all,
>
> how can i call static methods of a class whose name is variable.. something like
> <? $className::doSomething(); // throws a parser error ?>
> I can do this with reflection by creating a ReflectionMethod object
> then invoke()ing it, but is there a better way?

try call_user_func() and/or call_user_func_array()

e.g.

call_user_func( array($className, 'doSomething') );

the array passed in this case is how one tells php the callback
function you are handing it is a class+method, you can also use this
callback notation to pass in an object+method.

> Thanks
>
> -ahmed

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