Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/05/06 05:31

aroldao@gmail.com wrote:
> Greetings Everyone,
>
> In php it's possible to create a new object based on a name stored
> in variable, i.e:
>
> $className = "CSome$name";
> $newclass = new $className();
>
> However is it possible to call a function from a class using a name
> stored in a variable? For example:
>
> $funcname = "operation";
> $func= "\$someclass->$funcname";
>
> $func( arg1, arg2 );
>
> With the same result as
>
> $someclass->operation( arg1, arg2 );
>
> Any feed-back will be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Roldao
>

Hi, Roldao,

Well, you have a problem. To call a non-static method in a class, you must have
an object of the class - not the name of the class.

So, for instance:

class MyClass {
function operation() {
...
}
}

MyClass->operation()

will fail.

However, if you do

$myclass = new MyClass();
$myclass->operation();

You can also call it indirectly, with

$function = "operation";

call_user_func(array($myclass), $function);

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