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<?php class obj { protected function protected_function(){ return true; } public function internal_is_callable(){ var_dump(is_callable([$this, "protected_function"])); } } $obj = new obj(); # If called from "outside" a class, is_callable() will return FALSE var_dump(is_callable([$obj, "protected_function"])); //returns bool(false) # Confusingly, if called from "inside" a class, is_callable() will return TRUE $obj->internal_is_callable(); //returns bool(true)
Output for 5.4.16, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.26, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
bool(false) bool(true)

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