diff --git a/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php b/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
index afcdbe6..f343a7e 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@
 		//-------------------------------------
 
 		$method_parts = explode('.', $this->methods[$methName]['function']);
-		$objectCall = (isset($method_parts[1]) && $method_parts[1] !== '');
+		$objectCall   = ! empty($method_parts[1]);
 
 		if ($system_call === TRUE)
 		{
-			if ( ! is_callable(array($this,$method_parts[1])))
+			if ( ! is_callable(array($this, $method_parts[1])))
 			{
 				return new XML_RPC_Response(0, $this->xmlrpcerr['unknown_method'], $this->xmlrpcstr['unknown_method']);
 			}
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@
 			}
 			elseif ($this->object === FALSE)
 			{
-				return get_instance()->$method_parts[1]($m);
+				return get_instance()->{$method_parts[1]}($m);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				return $this->object->$method_parts[1]($m);
+				return $this->object->{$method_parts[1]}($m);
 			}
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 47b8fec..4a1ce34 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 -------------------
 
 -  Fixed a bug (#4886) - :doc:`Database Library <database/inded>` didn't differentiate bind markers inside double-quoted strings in queries.
+-  Fixed a bug (#4890) - :doc:`XML-RPC Library <libraries/xmlrpc>` didn't work on PHP 7.
 
 Version 3.1.2
 =============