Calling Controllers Functions with function name in a php variable

[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
I tried somthing similar as a test for you and it worked.. create a controller called test.php copy the code and give it a go!

Code:

<?php
class Test extends Controller {

  function Test()
  {
    parent::Controller();
  }
  function start($func='myname')
  {
    echo "hello";
    $this->$func();
  }
  function myname()
  {
    echo " gtech";
  }
}
?>

result

Code:

hello gtech

Or are you trying to do something different? you may just have a typo (typing error) somewhere.