Req #54095 [NEW]: Impossible to access static p/m/const from static context directly

From: Operating system: Win7 PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Impossible to access static p/m/const from static context directly Description: ------------ There is no support for DIRECT access constants, static properties or static methods from static context. It means, that there is only "one-level" ability to access theese things. We have to use workaround to eliminate this problem. But this workaround rises up a code and seems strange. Test script: --------------- echo config::$languageFile::error404; Expected result: ---------------- The page was not found Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM, expecting ',' or ';' ----------------------- The workaround is: $languageFile = config::$languageFile; echo $languageFile::error404; The code above works. The direct access would be purer and easier. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54095&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54095&r=mysqlcfg