Dynamically call a method from a dynamically called class

Question

I'm trying to call a controller and method pulled from the URI site.com/controller/method

Here is my current working code:

    $__REQUEST__ = new URI_Request($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);

    $this->prepareController($__REQUEST__);

    if($this->checkClass()) {
        $this->controller = new $this->controller();

        if($this->checkMethod($__REQUEST__)) {
            $method = $__REQUEST__->getMethod();
            $this->method = $method;
            $this->controller->$method();
        }
    }

However, I want this line

$this->controller->$method();

To work as similarly to this

$this->controller = new $this->controller();
//achieves something like $this->controller = new IndexController();
//if the URL was something like site.com/index/test (/index/ gets manipulated)

i.e. something like

$this->controller->$this->method

I can see why this wouldn't work, however - is there a way to chain this or get it to reference the $method variable from the object characteristics rather than a stray variable?

Deep · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-18 14:38:16Z

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$this->controller->{$this->method}();

answered Mar 18, 2015 at 14:38

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2 Comments

Jack hardcastle Over a year ago

Could you give a little context as to how it works? I'm not sure where I'd read up on this

Deep Over a year ago

@Jackhardcastle Dntknw )) curly brackets this is "markers". I think, it begin from this: php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php

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