How can I call a normal (not static) class function by its name?
The below gives an error saying param 1 needs to be a valid callback. I don’t want the function to be static, I want it to be a normal function, and all the examples I’ve seen so far had them static.
class Player { public function SayHi() { print("Hi"); } } $player = new Player(); call_user_func($Player, 'SayHi');
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Answer
The callback
syntax is a little odd in PHP. What you need to do is make an array. The 1st element is the object, and the 2nd is the method.
call_user_func(array($player, 'SayHi'));
You can also do it without call_user_func
:
$player->{'SayHi'}();
Or:
$method = 'SayHi'; $player->$method();