On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Paulo Sousa <paulo.sousa.filho@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > ... > this *should* work, here is a test, tests/classes/__call_005.phpt, you can take the part beneath the --FILE-- section and see if it blows up on your system or not. right now, im getting errors on a php5.2.5 system, and its working as expected on a php5.2.6 system. --TEST-- When __call() is invoked via ::, ensure private implementation of __call() in superclass is accessed without error. --FILE-- <?php class A { private function __call($strMethod, $arrArgs) { echo "In " . __METHOD__ . "($strMethod, array(" . implode(',',$arrArgs) . "))\n"; var_dump($this); } } class B extends A { function test() { A::test1(1,'a'); B::test2(1,'a'); self::test3(1,'a'); parent::test4(1,'a'); } } $b = new B(); $b->test(); ?> --EXPECTF-- In A::__call(test1, array(1,a)) object(B)#1 (0) { } In A::__call(test2, array(1,a)) object(B)#1 (0) { } In A::__call(test3, array(1,a)) object(B)#1 (0) { } In A::__call(test4, array(1,a)) object(B)#1 (0) { } also, i found in the code you posted, you are missing a 'function' in front of doWhatever (cause a parse error, which is why i mention it); w/ the following modification to your code, its running fine on a php 5.2.6 system, and choking on 5.2.5; function __call($function, $args){ var_dump($function); var_dump($args); $this->doWhatever(); } private function doWhatever() { } nathan@devel ~/unpack/php-5.2.6RC3/tests/classes $ php testOtherStuff.php string(5) "drive" array(1) { [0]=> string(7) "testing" } -nathan (sorry for the long-winded post)