Re: [PHP-DEV] Confusing performance of the magic method __call

[Shijiang]

I was working with PHP 5.2.9 with error_report=E_ALL and display_errors=On and 
got no error at all.

Just now I tried it under PHP 5.3.0 and got the warning.

Sometimes although I declared the magic method __call(), I want to prevent it 
from being called outside the class. 
Could someone be kindly enough to tell me why it must be  public?

Thanks.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Victor Bolshov 
  To: Shijiang 
  Cc: PHP internals 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Confusing performance of the magic method __call


  Shijiang, did you notice the


  --
  Warning: The magic method __call() must have public visibility and cannot be 
static in Command line code on line 1
  --


  ???


  2010/8/3 Shijiang <shiji...@staff.sina.com.cn>

    Hi,

    In the following sample code, I expected that the magic method __call only 
works within the class Test.
    But it seems that the access control keyword private lost its efficacy when 
working together with the magic method __call.

    <?php
    class Test{
       private function __call($name,$params){
           echo $name,"\n";
           echo $params[0];
       }

       public function bar(){
           $this->kakaka('afaafaf');
       }
    }
    $foo=new Test;
    $foo->bar('sfsfss');
    $foo->nothing('works'); // this also works without any errors.
    ?>

    IMHO, since the function __call is a method of a class, it should obey the 
visibility rules.

    Cheers.




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