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<h1 class="refname">ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs</span> — <span class="dc-title">Invoke args</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">object</span> <code class="parameter">$object</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$args</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Invokes the reflected method and pass its arguments as array.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-reflectionmethod.invokeargs-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">object</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The object to invoke the method on. In case of static methods, you can pass
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.null.html" class="type null">null</a></span> to this parameter.
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">args</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The parameters to be passed to the function, as an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span>.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-reflectionmethod.invokeargs-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the method result.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-reflectionmethod.invokeargs-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
A <a href="class.reflectionexception.html" class="classname">ReflectionException</a> if the <em><code class="parameter">object</code></em>
parameter does not contain an instance of the class that this method was declared in.
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<p class="para">
A <a href="class.reflectionexception.html" class="classname">ReflectionException</a> if the method invocation failed.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-reflectionmethod.invokeargs-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-5234">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">HelloWorld </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /><br /> public function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sayHelloTo</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> return </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Hello ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br /><br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$reflectionMethod </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ReflectionMethod</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'HelloWorld'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'sayHelloTo'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$reflectionMethod</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">invokeArgs</span><span style="color: #007700">(new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">HelloWorld</span><span style="color: #007700">(), array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Mike'</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
Hello Mike
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-reflectionmethod.invokeargs-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
If the function has arguments that need
to be references, then they must be references in the passed argument list.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-reflectionmethod.invokeargs-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="reflectionmethod.invoke.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ReflectionMethod::invoke()</a> - Invoke</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="language.oop5.magic.html#object.invoke" class="link">__invoke()</a></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.call-user-func-array.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">call_user_func_array()</a> - Call a callback with an array of parameters</span></li>
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