PHP 4.0 Bug #7330: variable resolution in double quoted strings doesn't like a hierarchy of object

From: bbatchel@stetson.edu Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.0.2 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: variable resolution in double quoted strings doesn't like a hierarchy of object I am writing a database wrapper for a project I am working on. The gist of this system is based on a hirearchy of objects - such as: Object1: Object2: Data (say a string containing 'monkey') Object3: Data Object4: Data When I do this: echo($Ibject1->Object2->Data); I get: monkey When I do this: echo("<br>$Object1->Object2->Data<br>"); I would expect to get: <br>monkey<br> But instead I get: <br>Object->Data<br> I assume that the parser is resolving $Object1->Object2 as the word object, and then concatinating that to '->Data' as a string - instead of going down the line to the rest of the variable. Not a big deal, per se, but still a bug in my opinion. For the mean time, I just assign the complex variable to a temporary variable and use that in the string substitution. Thanks, --Bryan -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7330&edit=1