Since I wrote the function, I can provide some insight.
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Leon Atkinson wrote:
> This function wraps zend_is_callable. The first argument is the name
> of a function or method. Class and object methods are specified by
> passing an array with two elements: class or object and method name.
Right.
> The second argument seems to be for checking syntax only, but I can't
> figure out how to make is_callable return FALSE when the second
> argument is TRUE.
Try this:
var_dump(is_callable(array(1,2), true));
> The third argument receives the "callable name". In the example below
> it's "a::b". Note, however, that despite the implication that a::b()
> is a callable static method, this is not the case.
>
> <?
> class a
> {
> var $c;
>
> function b()
> {
> return($this->c);
> }
> }
>
> $d = new a;
>
> if(is_callable(array($d, 'b'), FALSE, $name))
> {
> print($name);
> }
> ?>
Well, $name is just supposed to indicate which class/method you were
checking. It doesn't tell you whether the method is static or not,
because in PHP 4 it doesn't make sense.
-Andrei http://www.gravitonic.com/
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