The PHP documentation says the following about the __call() magic method:
__call() is triggered when invoking inaccessible methods in an object context.
Is there a way I can have __call() called even when a method exists, before the actual method is called? Or, is there some other hook I can implement or another way that would provide this functionality?
If it matters, this is for a static function (and I would actually prefer to use __callStatic).
Why not just make all your methods protected and call them using __call():
class bar{
public function __call($method, $args){
echo "calling $method";
//do other stuff
//possibly do method_exists check
return call_user_func_array(array($this, $method), $args);
}
protected function foo($arg){
return $arg;
}
}
$bar = new bar;
$bar->foo("baz"); //echo's 'calling foo' and returns 'baz'
How about just make all your other methods protected, and proxy them through __callStatic?
namespace test\foo;
class A
{
public static function __callStatic($method, $args)
{
echo __METHOD__ . "\n";
return call_user_func_array(__CLASS__ . '::' . $method, $args);
}
protected static function foo()
{
echo __METHOD__ . "\n";
}
}
A::foo();
