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Michael A
Michael A

Reputation: 9930

Is there a way to check if a function exists within a class?

I'm passing some post data to execute a function based on post data, to determine if this should execute I've tried to use the following:

$SP = new StoredProcedure();

if(function_exists($SP->$_POST['function']))
{
    $SP->$_POST['function']();
}
else
{
    echo 'function does not exist.';
}

Unfortunately this passes the following error:

Notice: Undefined property: StoredProcedure::$getFormList in C:\DWASFiles\Sites\junglegym\VirtualDirectory0\site\wwwroot\wp-content\plugins\qcore\qcore_waitress.php on line 353 function does not exist.

I'm certain this function does exist, and when I execute it without the function_exists()

Is there a way to check if a function exists when it's inside a class?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3530

Answers (3)

user3026568
user3026568

Reputation:

check this all

Find out if a method exists in a static class

Checking if function exists

and also PHP manual at

php.net/method_exists

php.net/manual/en/function.function-exists.php

www.php.net/class_exists

Hope these might help you.

Upvotes: 2

M I
M I

Reputation: 3682

method_exists checks for method of a class for a given object:

Docs Link: http://www.php.net/method_exists

if(method_exists($SP, $_POST['function'])) {
    {
        $SP->$_POST['function']();
    }
    else
    {
        echo 'function does not exist.';
    }

function_exists() and method_exists() are for these checks. First is for regular functions and second for OOP functions.

Upvotes: 5

Rahil Wazir
Rahil Wazir

Reputation: 10142

You should use method_exists

Try with:

if(method_exists($SP, $_POST['function'])) {

Upvotes: 4

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