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# call_user_method

(PHP 3>= 3.0.3, PHP 4 )

call_user_method -- Call a user method on an specific object [deprecated]

## Description

mixed call_user_method ( string method_name, object obj [, mixed parameter [, mixed ...]])

Warning
The call_user_method() function is deprecated as of PHP 4.1.0, use the call_user_func() variety with the `array(&$obj, "method_name")` syntax instead.

Calls the method referred by `method_name` from the user defined `obj` object. An example of usage is below, where we define a class, instantiate an object and use call_user_method() to call indirectly its `print_info` method.

    <?php
    class Country {
        var $NAME;
        var $TLD;

        function Country($name, $tld) {
            $this->NAME = $name;
            $this->TLD = $tld;
        }

        function print_info($prestr="") {
            echo $prestr."Country: ".$this->NAME."\n";
            echo $prestr."Top Level Domain: ".$this->TLD."\n";
        }
    }

    $cntry = new Country("Peru","pe");

    echo "* Calling the object method directly\n";
    $cntry->print_info();

    echo "\n* Calling the same method indirectly\n";
    call_user_method ("print_info", $cntry, "\t");
    ?>

See also call_user_func_array(), call_user_func(), and call_user_method_array().

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