(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
call_user_func_array — Call a callback with an array of parameters
Calls the callback given by the first parameter with
the parameters in args.
callbackThe callable to be called.
argsThe parameters to be passed to the callback, as an indexed array.
Returns the return value of the callback, or false on error.
Example #1 call_user_func_array() example
<?php
function foobar($arg, $arg2) {
echo __FUNCTION__, " got $arg and $arg2\n";
}
class foo {
function bar($arg, $arg2) {
echo __METHOD__, " got $arg and $arg2\n";
}
}
// Call the foobar() function with 2 arguments
call_user_func_array("foobar", array("one", "two"));
// Call the $foo->bar() method with 2 arguments
$foo = new foo;
call_user_func_array(array($foo, "bar"), array("three", "four"));
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
foobar got one and two foo::bar got three and four
Example #2 call_user_func_array() using namespace name
<?php
namespace Foobar;
class Foo {
static public function test($name) {
print "Hello {$name}!\n";
}
}
call_user_func_array(__NAMESPACE__ .'\Foo::test', array('Hannes'));
call_user_func_array(array(__NAMESPACE__ .'\Foo', 'test'), array('Philip'));
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Hello Hannes! Hello Philip!
Example #3 Using lambda function
<?php
$func = function($arg1, $arg2) {
return $arg1 * $arg2;
};
var_dump(call_user_func_array($func, array(2, 4)));
?>
The above example will output:
int(8)
Example #4 Passing values by reference
<?php
function mega(&$a){
$a = 55;
echo "function mega \$a=$a\n";
}
$bar = 77;
call_user_func_array('mega',array(&$bar));
echo "global \$bar=$bar\n";
?>
The above example will output:
function mega $a=55 global $bar=55
Note:
Callbacks registered with functions such as call_user_func() and call_user_func_array() will not be called if there is an uncaught exception thrown in a previous callback.