Lua::call

(PECL lua >=0.9.0)

Call Lua functions

public mixed Lua::call ( callable $lua_func [, array $args [, int $use_self = 0 ]] )

public mixed Lua::__call ( callable $lua_func [, array $args [, int $use_self = 0 ]] )

Parameters:

lua_func

Function name in lua

args

Arguments passed to the Lua function

use_self

Whether to use self

Returns:

Returns result of the called function, NULL for wrong arguments or FALSE on other failure.

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Examples:

Lua::call() example

<?php
$lua = new Lua();
$lua->eval(<<<CODE
    function dummy(foo, bar)
        print(foo, ",", bar)
    end
CODE
);
$lua->call("dummy", array("Lua", "geiliable\n"));
$lua->dummy("Lua", "geiliable"); // __call()
var_dump($lua->call(array("table", "concat"), array(array(1=>1, 2=>2, 3=>3), "-")));
?>

The above example will output:

Lua,geiliable
Lua,geiliable
string(5) "1-2-3"