From: ozone at cname dot com
Operating system: netbsd
PHP version: Irrelevant
PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem
Bug description: method overloading works "correctly" but not "as described"
Description:
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Documentation states that the __call() method will be passed two
arguments, the first being the name of the called method, the second being
*an array* of the arguments. Thus, when daisy-chaining the __call() method
via parent::__call() or equivalent, the second __call() should have an
array with a single element which is an array of the arguments passed to
the first __call().
The actual behavior is more desirable than the documented behavior, and
this is probably "not a bug". That said, I don't want to rewrite my code if
a future version of PHP changes the behavior without warning.
Reproduce code:
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class a {
function __call($m, $a) {
echo "--- a::$m\n";
echo "call($m) ";
var_dump($a);
}
}
class b extends a {
function __call($m, $a) {
echo "--- b::$m\n";
if($m == "special") {
echo "special override ";
var_dump($a);
} else parent::__call($m, $a);
}
}
$ca = new a();
$cb = new b();
$ca->test();
$ca->test("one", "two");
$cb->special();
$cb->test();
$cb->test("one", "two");
Expected result:
----------------
A literal interpretation of the documentation says the var_dump ultimately
executed by the last call to $cb->test() "should" display something like:
array(1) {
[0]=> array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "one"
[1]=>
string(3) "two"
}
}
Actual result:
--------------
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "one"
[1]=>
string(3) "two"
}
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41866&r=mysqlcfg
