Req #67200 [NEW]: Creation of $parent psuedo-variable

From: todd at toddcrane dot com Operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Creation of $parent psuedo-variable Description: ------------ I am requesting a pseudo variable be created to reference an instance's parent instance. For example, within an instance of class 'team' there are instances of class 'players' created. This will allow public methods and properties belonging to the 'team' instance to be called from one of the 'players' instance. Test script: --------------- http://pastebin.com/eLBnx1dY -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67200&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67200&r=mysqlcfg