Req #77975 [Com]: support $object::CLASS

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77975&edit=1 ID: 77975 Comment by: levim@php.net Reported by: Wes dot nospam at example dot org Summary: support $object::CLASS Status: Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Note that static::CLASS already works, which is somewhat dynamic. The opcode can have more arguments, I think, so I don't see any reason why this can't be done technically. What's the argument against making it support dynamic lookup? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-06 14:57:59] requinix@php.net Problem is that ::class is compile-time. Why not get_class()? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-05-06 14:25:39] Wes dot nospam at example dot org Description: ------------ Would be great to align $object::CLASS to behave like other constants, even if CLASS isn't actually one. The current result is: Fatal error: Dynamic class names are not allowed in compile-time ::class fetch in Thank you ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77975&edit=1