#50442 [NEW]: __construct Method Chaining

From: michael dot patrick dot mcnally at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows Vista PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: __construct Method Chaining Description: ------------ Method chaining is very impressive when done properly. For example: $location = new location(); $location->city('Boston')->state('Massachusetts')->getMap(); In JavaScript, it is possible to chain from the constructor, like this: new location.city('Boston').state('Massachusetts').getMap(); Where in PHP, the equivalent would be: new location()->city('Boston')->state('Massachusetts')->getMap(); Is there a reason why the __construct of a class cannot return itself for method chaining like its' methods? When I try, I receive a Parse Error. Thank you! Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: language.oop5 --- -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50442&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50442&r=mysqlcfg