Req #53386 [NEW]: Allow use funtion or class for rvalue of static variable

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Allow use funtion or class for rvalue of static variable Description: ------------ Now language allow only constant for static variable in function (static $a = 0). Please allow functionality such as in C++ Test script: --------------- class testA { private function __constructor(){} public static function getInstance() { static $a = new testA(); return $a; } public function a() { return 5; } } $a = testA::getInstance(); echo $a->a(); exit; Expected result: ---------------- 5 Actual result: -------------- fatal error PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_NEW -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53386&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53386&r=mysqlcfg