Bug #52823 [NEW]: getting constants off variables works, not fields

From: Operating system: ubuntu PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:getting constants off variables works, not fields Description: ------------ <?php // this works: $class = new MyClass(); echo $class::constant."\n"; // As of PHP 5.3.0 // this doesn't but should: class Foo { public function __construct() { $this->bar=new MyClass(); echo $this->bar::constant; } } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52823&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52823&r=mysqlcfg