If you want to write a new parser, or even just submit a patch to
"fix" this, you'll probably figure out why you can't use "list" as a
method name in your class...
Or you'll actually submit a useful patch. :-)
Either way, the problem will be solved, eh?
:-) :-) :-)
On Wed, December 6, 2006 12:22 am, Urbanose wrote:
>
> Yes, list() is a reservred word, but not instance->list(), nor
> className::list(), nor $string = 'This is a list()';, etc. It makes
> no sense.
>
>
> Le 5 déc. 06 à 19:24, Richard Lynch a écrit :
>
>>
>>
>> list is a reserved word.
>>
>> Don't do that.
>>
>> On Mon, December 4, 2006 8:22 am, Urbanose wrote:
>>> Hello there :]
>>>
>>> I wanted to build a method called "list". The problem is that once
>>> I
>>> do that, I get a
>>> "PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LIST, expecting
>>> T_STRING"
>>> error, because it's a "language construct".
>>>
>>> Here's the code that leads me to this error :
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> class Foo {
>>> function __construct () {
>>>
>>> }
>>> function list () {
>>> echo "Hello";
>>> }
>>> }
>>> $bar = new Foo ();
>>> $bar->list();
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> So I made it working with a "__call" magic method, like this :
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> class Foo {
>>> function __construct () {
>>>
>>> }
>>> function __call ($name, $arguments) {
>>> echo "Hello";
>>> }
>>> }
>>> $bar = new Foo ();
>>> $bar->list();
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> And it works. So there's my question : why can't we make methods
>>> with
>>> the same name as those used by "language constructs" ? I don't see
>>> the point. Even less if you can make it work with the __call magic
>>> method.
>>>
>>> Does someone have an explanation ? Is there a way to make this
>>> possible for future versions of PHP, so that the classes namespace
>>> is
>>> really independent ?
>>>
>>> Don't tell me to use another name. Writting code like :
>>> $books->list('all');
>>> or :
>>> class Books extends Controller {
>>> function list () {
>>> # Instructions to list all books
>>> }
>>> }
>>> makes things so much easier to read and self explanatory than
>>> putting, for example, a "_" in front of it (_list).
>>>
>>> Thanks :]
>>>
>>> Urbanose
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Yeah, I get a buck. So?
>>
>
> Urbanose
>
>
>
>
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Know what I want?
I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist.
http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch
Yeah, I get a buck. So?
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