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Lua::call

Lua::__call

(PECL lua >=0.9.0)

Lua::call -- Lua::__call — Call Lua functions

Description

public Lua::call(callable $lua_func, array $args = ?, int $use_self = 0): mixed

public Lua::__call(callable $lua_func, array $args = ?, int $use_self = 0): mixed

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

lua_func: Function name in lua
args: Arguments passed to the Lua function
use_self: Whether to use self

Return Values

Returns result of the called function, null for wrong arguments or false on other failure.

Examples

Example #1 Lua::call()example

<?php
$lua = new Lua();
$lua->eval(<<<CODE
function dummy(foo, bar)
print(foo, ",", bar)
end
CODE
);
$lua->call("dummy", array("Lua", "geiliable\n"));
$lua->dummy("Lua", "geiliable"); // __call()
var_dump($lua->call(array("table", "concat"), array(array(1=>1, 2=>2, 3=>3), "-")));
?>

The above example will output:

Lua,geiliable
Lua,geiliable
string(5) "1-2-3"