PHP Manual: Call a function in a Lua global variable

Description

public arraybool LuaSandbox::callFunction(string $name, mixed ...$args)

Calls a function in a Lua global variable.

If the name contains "." characters, the function is located via recursive table accesses, as if the name were a Lua expression.

If the variable does not exist, or is not a function, false will be returned and a warning issued.

For more information about calling Lua functions and the return values, see LuaSandboxFunction::call.

Parameters

name: Lua variable name.
args: Arguments to the function.

Return Values

Returns an array of values returned by the Lua function, which may be empty, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Calling a Lua function

<?php

// create a new LuaSandbox
$sandbox = new LuaSandbox();

// Call Lua's string.match
$captures = $sandbox->callFunction( 'string.match', $string, $pattern );

?>