Calling static method via string variable

I want to call static method Status::compile() that has it's name stored in a variable like this

$function = "Status::compile";

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I tried

$function();

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but, as expected, it throws an error Fatal error: Call to undefined function Status::compile().

Is there any way to do it without using lambda functions (working in PHP 5.2.9) or eval()?

 

class Status {
	static function compile() {
		echo 'compile';
	}
}

$string = "Status::compile";

list($class, $function) = explode('::', $string);

call_user_func(array($class, $function));

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Excellent, works perfectly, even if i call it directly like

call_user_func("Status::compile");

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Thanks, premiumscripts.

 

Oh lol, I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me

 

how about (notice the quotes are not used)

$function = Status::compile();

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?

 

I am assuming the OP is somehow building a static method name as a string and then would like to execute that method using the string value. The value may change and therefor could not be hard-coded as you have provided in your example.