Bug #53378 [NEW]: ( new Class() ) -> method() throws a PHP parse error

From: Operating system: ANY PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:( new Class() ) -> method() throws a PHP parse error Description: ------------ In Java or C# it is allowed to do ( new Class() ) -> method() calls, why not in PHP? This is very useful for more complex commands, f.e.: $collection = new QueryableCollection($employees); $collection->setAsName('c1'); $collection->where(new OrCondition( new ColumnEquals( ( new Column('c1.job') ) ->subString(0, 5)->toLower(), 'admin'), new AndCondition( new ColumnBiggerThan('c1.age', 10), new ColumnLowerThan('c1.age', 20), ) )) ->sortByDesc( ( new Column('c1.job') ) ->toLower()) ->sortByAsc('c1.nachname') ->sortByAsc('c1.vorname') ->select('c1.*'); Test script: --------------- <?php class MyString { protected $string=''; public function __construct($string) { if(is_string($string)) $this->string=$string; } public function length() { return strlen($this->string); } } echo("This string has a length of: " . (new MyString('teststring'))->length() ."\n"); /* instead you have to do it like that :( $ms=new MyString('teststring'); echo("This string has a length of: " . $ms->length() ."\n"); */ ?> Expected result: ---------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in ... Actual result: -------------- No Syntax error. PHP should just create the object and execute its Method. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53378&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53378&r=mysqlcfg