Req #53904 [Com]: Use of dynamic class name in namespace construction

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53904&edit=1 ID: 53904 Comment by: dave at mudsite dot com Reported by: dave at mudsite dot com Summary: Use of dynamic class name in namespace construction Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Linux x86 PHP Version: 5.3.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I guess I should note, that the variable coming into this function would be something like: 'user' user.php-- <?php namespace classes; class user { } Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-02-01 23:11:00] dave at mudsite dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.namespaces.dynamic --- When not using namespaces the following code works just fine Function loadClass ($class) { $this->obj = new $class(); } However, when attempting to implement namespaces: function loadClass ($class) { $this->obj = \classes\$class(); } Throws an "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting T_STRING". Which is kind of silly, since the corrected function looks like: function loadClass ($class) { $class = '\classes\\'.$class; $this->obj = new $class(); } Upon reading other bugs that query about using dynamic content in namespaces, I'm confused as to why the latter example above actually does work if namespaces are computed on compile time, when the class isn't known at compile time. Expected result: ---------------- I kindly request that you be able to use dynamic elements when using namespaces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53904&edit=1