Hello, as far as I know this never worked, the wisest thing to do is to remove it from the documentation, as I don't see this fixed anytime soon (or not at all).
Derick On 10 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ID: 16739 > Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Status: Open > +Status: Analyzed > Bug Type: Variables related > Operating System: FreeBSD 4.5,RedHat 2.4.7,Win XP > -PHP Version: 4.1.2 > +PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev > New Comment: > > Confirmed with PHP 4.3.0-dev (cgi) (may 09, 2002) > PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print() in... > > This behavior is documented as working in at least two > places. These changes to phpdoc were made on March 05, > 2002. So: > > a) Did this used to work? > b) Will it work in the future? > c) Should this be documented/undocumented? > > I'm guessing it never worked but may in the future. > In the very least, a version of (c) needs to happen. > I can only confirm 4.1.2 through php4-cvs at this time. > > print: > http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/functions/strings.xml?r1=1.164&r2=1.165 > > Variable functions: > http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/language/functions.xml?r1=1.24&r2=1.25 > > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2002-04-22 23:54:40] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > According to the official PHP documentation > [http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.variable-functions.php] the > language construct `print' can be called as a variable function. The > following code should therefore be valid: > > $myfunc = 'print'; > $myfunc('My text to print'); > > Attempting to execute this code on any platform returns a "Fatal error: > Call to undefined function: print()" message. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16739&edit=1 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://www.jdimedia.nl/derick/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
