How to call a function from a string stored in a variable?

Question

I need to be able to call a function, but the function name is stored in a variable, is this possible? e.g:

function foo ()
{
  //code here
}

function bar ()
{
          


        

Answer 1

The easiest way to call a function safely using the name stored in a variable is,

//I want to call method deploy that is stored in functionname 
$functionname = 'deploy';

$retVal = {$functionname}('parameters');

I have used like below to create migration tables in Laravel dynamically,

foreach(App\Test::$columns as $name => $column){
        $table->{$column[0]}($name);
}