Question

I am modifying my PHP framework and trying to figure out an easier way to deal with different request types.

Currently I have this block in a controller method

$methodHandler = self::getMethodHandler(__FUNCTION__);
$this->$methodHandler();

Where getMethodHandler is

protected static function getMethodHandler($function) {
    return $function."_".ucwords(strtolower(Request::getMethod()));
}

Ideally I want to reduce that two lines into one but PHP ain’t having it

$this->self::getMethodHandler(__FUNCTION__)();

Anyway I could do this?

Answer 1

This should work:

$this->{self::getMethodHandler(__FUNCTION__)}();

That will evaluate self::getMethodHandler(__FUNCTION__) and call the result as a method of $this.