php multiple dynamic calls

Question

I know it's possible to call one method dynamically like

$function = 'foo';
$bar = new Bar();
$bar->$function();

What I'm trying to achieve is multiple call, like I receive an unknown amount of method ordered, and i have to call them from one object. I get for example 'foo', 'bar', 'bro', and I have to do dynamically $object->foo()->bar()->bro().

Is it possible ? I know the call_user_func but I dont think it can solve this problem... Thanks a lot !

Answer 1

You can loop over the functions and apply them to each result:

$arr = array('foo','bar','bro');
$object = getTheObject();
$res = $object;
foreach($arr as $funcName){
    $res = $res->$funcName();
}

However this kind of code gives people nightmares since it's really not very clear what is going on. Consider using other approaches to do what you need.