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@ 2013-11-29T21:16:12Z

<?php
class A {
    private function foo(&$arg1) {
        var_dump('arg1: ', $arg1);
    }   
}

class B extends A {
    public function bar() {
        $x = new stdClass();
        $x->baz = 'just a value';
        $this->callPrivate($x);
    }

    private function callPrivate($x)
    {
        $method = new \ReflectionMethod(
            'A',
            'foo'
        );

        //* for some reason, the private function needs to have been changed to be 'accessible' for this to work in 5.4
        $method->setAccessible(true);

        //working 5.4 (* see above) but not in 5.5
        $arguments = func_get_args();

        //not working in either
        //$arguments = array($x); // <---- COMMENT THIS LINE TO SEE IT WORK IN PHP 5.4

        return $method->invokeArgs($this, $arguments);
    }
}
$obj = new B;
$obj->bar();

Output for git.master, git.master_jit, rfc.property-hooks: Warning: A::foo(): Argument #1 ($arg1) must be passed by reference, value given in /in/YI5G3 on line 31 string(6) "arg1: " object(stdClass)#2 (1) { ["baz"]=> string(12) "just a value" }

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2020-03-21 RFC: Is_Literal - declined
2020-12-04 Enumerations - included in PHP 8.1
2018-06-15 Typed Properties v2 - implemented in PHP 7.4
2016-08-12 Object typehint - included in PHP 7.2
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2016-05-29 array_change_keys() - withdrawn
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2015-02-18 Scalar type hints v5 - included in PHP 7
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