<?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)