Bug #66377 [NEW]: closure instantiation is not allowed when return string class name

From: dev at nicolab dot net Operating system: Debian 7 PHP version: 5.4.23 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:closure instantiation is not allowed when return string class name Description: ------------ Hello, closure instantiation is not allowed when the closure return a string class name. My PHP package : $ php -v PHP 5.4.4-14+deb7u7 (cli) (built: Dec 12 2013 08:42:07) Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.2.1, Copyright (c) 2002-2012, by Derick Rethans Test script: --------------- $class = function(){ return '\StdClass'; }; new $class(); Expected result: ---------------- (object) instance of \StdClass Actual result: -------------- Catchable fatal error: Instantiation of 'Closure' is not allowed in /var/www/file.php on line 30 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66377&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66377&r=mysqlcfg