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# Lua::call

# Lua::__call

(PECL lua >=0.9.0)

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

### Description

public mixed Lua::call ( callable `$lua_func` [, array `$args` [, int `$use_self` = 0 ]] )
public mixed Lua::__call ( callable `$lua_func` [, array `$args` [, int `$use_self` = 0 ]] )

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"

### See Also

- __call()

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