--TEST-- Testing call_user_func inside namespace --FILE-- <?php namespace testing { function foobar($str) { var_dump($str); } abstract class bar { protected function prot($str) { print "Shouldn't be called!\n"; } } class foo extends bar { private function priv($str) { print "Shouldn't be called!\n"; } } call_user_func(__NAMESPACE__ .'\foobar', 'foobar'); $class = __NAMESPACE__ .'\foo'; call_user_func(array(new $class, 'priv'), 'foobar'); call_user_func(array(new $class, 'prot'), 'foobar'); } ?> --EXPECTF-- string(6) "foobar" Warning: call_user_func() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, cannot access private method testing\foo::priv() in %s on line %d Warning: call_user_func() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, cannot access protected method testing\foo::prot() in %s on line %d