#31318 [Com]: Static method invocation with classname in a variable

ID: 31318 Comment by: markus at cultcom dot de Reported By: sebastian@php.net Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5CVS-2004-12-28 (dev) New Comment: This still does'nt work and I would realy like to see this working because it is very ugly to use eval("return $className::method();") as a workaround... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-05-10 01:00:03] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-05-02 11:59:41] andrey@php.net ReflectionAPI? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-12-28 10:35:24] sebastian@php.net Description: ------------ Static members of a class should be accessible even if the classname is stored in a variable. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class Foo { public static function bar() { print 'Foo::bar()'; } } $class = 'Foo'; $class::bar(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Foo::bar() Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error in D:\foo.php on line 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31318&edit=1