#36221 [NEW]: new __CLASS__() would be nice

From: david at tulloh dot id dot au Operating system: Debian Linux PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: new __CLASS__() would be nice Description: ------------ It would be nice if, $object = new __CLASS__(); was supported. Currently this throws a parse/syntax error, Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS_C, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in ... This does work as expected, $foo = __CLASS__; $object = new $foo(); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36221&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36221&r=mysqlcfg