Req #51808 [Com]: Operator `new' does not support expressions for class name

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51808&edit=1 ID: 51808 Comment by: giorgio dot liscio at email dot it Reported by: m dot przybylski at bkfmyjnie dot pl Summary: Operator `new' does not support expressions for class name Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related Operating System: linux/current PHP Version: 5.2.13 Block user comment: N New Comment: does not works too: new MyClass()->method(); (new MyClass())->method(); new ($className = FuncGetClassAsString())(); these are not really important to fix, but are welcome, in future maybe Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-03 17:58:55] + at ni-po dot com Imho this isn't obvious at all. At least your proposed syntax `new (func())()` isn't quite readable or understandable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-13 12:53:31] m dot przybylski at bkfmyjnie dot pl Description: ------------ Operator `new' accepts either class name as either symbol token or variable containing class name (T_STRING or T_VARIABLE), but does not allow expressions returning class name. Test script: --------------- /* first form, works */ $handler = new SomeClass($constructorParam); /* second form, works */ $handlerClass = handlerFor($something); /* returns name of some class to be instantiated */ $handler = new $handlerClass($constructorParam); /* third form -- does not work */ $handler = new (handlerFor($something))($constructorParam); Expected result: ---------------- The third form ought to work just like the other two, so one doesn't need to create extra variable for single use. Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51808&edit=1