- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
class C {
function k(){ return "k"; }
function j(){ $a = $this->k(); return $this->$a(); } // assign k() to a variable
function m(){ $a = "k"; $this->$a(); } // assign the name "k" to a variable
};
$d = new C();
var_dump($d->j());