Hi,

    can someone state the technical problems we're facing? I'ld
    rather see this documented (whether it works or no, but
    documenting).

    - Markus

On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 08:04:25AM +0200, Derick Rethans wrote : 
> 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
> > 
> 
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