Why call_user_func_array ?

[dakujem]

Why use call_user_func_array when it's slower than native function invoking, or even call_user_func?

$callable = fn() => null;
$args = [];

call_user_func_array($callable, $args); //  slowest
call_user_func($callable, ...$args); //     faster
$callable(...$args); //                     fastest

I believe those are all equivalent options, across PHP versions 5, 7 and 8.
It has been optimized in the PHP core since the dark ages, but still the native call should be the fastest one.

[mnapoli]

A pull request is welcome if you want to improve this.

The reason is the project was created more than 10 years ago. PHP has changed a lot since then.

[dakujem]

That's what I wanted to know if that was intentional or not.