#33463 [NEW]: Unexpected Paamayim Nekudotayim in Dynamic Static Method Call

From: etienne at actrix dot co dot nz Operating system: Windows XP Pro PHP version: 5.0.4 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: Unexpected Paamayim Nekudotayim in Dynamic Static Method Call Description: ------------ Basically, a call to a static class method produces a parse error. Unexpected Paamayim Nekudotayim (::). This sort of coding works on normal method calls, and object instantiation. For example, the following works fine: $name = "ClassName"; $instance = new $name(); ^^ will create a new instance of ClassName; or public function method() { //some code } $methodName = "method"; $methodName(); ^^ will run method(). Reproduce code: --------------- class ClassName { public static function staticClassMethod() { //some code } } $name = "ClassName"; $name::staticClassMethod(); Expected result: ---------------- I expected php to call the method "staticClassMethod". Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM ... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33463&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=mysqlcfg