#41141 [NEW]: Class as static variable

From: flopin at webgarden dot cz Operating system: any PHP version: 6CVS-2007-04-19 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Class as static variable Description: ------------ It is not possible to create and assign new class instance to static variable in declaration of another class. Reproduce code: --------------- class A { public $dummy='AAA'; } class B { static $foo=new A(); } Expected result: ---------------- The variable B::$foo should contain an instance of class A, instead the parser returns error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NEW in /var/www/php6/test.php6 on line 6". It is possible to hack the problem with code like this: class A { public $dummy='AAA'; } class B { static $foo=null; static function prepare() { self::$foo = new A(); } } B::prepare(); but since i need to use this construct in my program widely, the code gets very crappy, buggy and unreadable -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41141&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41141&r=mysqlcfg