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<h1 class="refname">ReflectionFunction::invoke</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ReflectionFunction::invoke</span> — <span class="dc-title">Invokes function</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>ReflectionFunction::invoke</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$parameter</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$...</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Invokes a reflected function.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-reflectionfunction.invoke-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">args</code></em></span>
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The passed in argument list. It accepts a variable number of
arguments which are passed to the function much like
<span class="function"><a href="function.call-user-func.html" class="function">call_user_func()</a></span> is.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-reflectionfunction.invoke-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the result of the invoked function call.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-reflectionfunction.invoke-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>ReflectionFunction::invoke()</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">function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">title</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$title</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br />{<br /> return </span><span style="color: #0000BB">sprintf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%s. %s\r\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$title</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$function </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ReflectionFunction</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'title'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$function</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">invoke</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Dr'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Phil'</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>
Dr. Phil
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-reflectionfunction.invoke-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-reflectionfunction.invoke-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="reflectionfunction.export.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ReflectionFunction::export()</a> - Exports function</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.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">call_user_func()</a> - Call the callback given by the first parameter</span></li>
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