Bug #71654 [NEW]: $class instanceof myClass::class lead a parse error

From: contact at geolim4 dot com Operating system: Debian/Wheezy PHP version: 7.0.4RC1 Package: Compile Failure Bug Type: Bug Bug description:$class instanceof myClass::class lead a parse error Description: ------------ It seems that the lexer did not recognize a certain syntax with instanceof and ::class suffix. Test script: --------------- <?php $interface = AnExistingInterface::class;// The behaviour is the same with a class foreach(get_declared_classes() as $class) { if($class instanceof $interface){ $class::myImplementedMethod(); } } Expected result: ---------------- No parse error Actual result: -------------- ParseError: syntax error, unexpected 'class' (T_CLASS), expecting variable (T_VARIABLE) or '$' in absolute/path/to/that/file.php on line xxx -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71654&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71654&r=mysqlcfg