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<refentry xml:id="luasandbox.callfunction" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>LuaSandbox::callFunction</refname>
<refpurpose>Call a function in a Lua global variable</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>array</type><type>bool</type></type><methodname>LuaSandbox::callFunction</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam rep="repeat"><type>mixed</type><parameter>args</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Calls a function in a Lua global variable.
</para>
<para>
If the name contains "." characters, the function is located via
recursive table accesses, as if the name were a Lua expression.
</para>
<para>
If the variable does not exist, or is not a function, false will be
returned and a warning issued.
</para>
<para>
For more information about calling Lua functions and the return values,
see <methodname>LuaSandboxFunction::call</methodname>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Lua variable name.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>args</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Arguments to the function.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns an <type>array</type> of values returned by the Lua function, which may be empty, or <literal>false</literal> in case of failure.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Calling a Lua function</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// create a new LuaSandbox
$sandbox = new LuaSandbox();
// Call Lua's string.match
$captures = $sandbox->callFunction( 'string.match', $string, $pattern );
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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