--TEST-- Bug #71622 (Strings used in pass-as-reference cannot be used to invoke C::$callable()) --FILE-- <?php function getMethodName(&$methodName) { $methodName = Abc::METHOD_NAME; } class Abc { const METHOD_NAME = "goal"; private static function goal() { echo "success\n"; } public static function run() { $method = "foobar"; getMethodName($method); var_dump(is_callable("self::$method")); self::$method(); } } Abc::run(); ?> --EXPECT-- bool(true) success