Bug #74633 [NEW]: object as class name

From: d dot albano at gmail dot com Operating system: Mac OS X 10.12.5 PHP version: 7.1.5 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Bug Bug description:object as class name Description: ------------ It is possible to use an object as class name in new Test script: --------------- <?php class Foo { }; $foo = new Foo(); $bar = new $foo(); var_dump([$foo, $bar]); Expected result: ---------------- Error, cannot use $foo as class name Actual result: -------------- array(2) { [0]=> object(Foo)#1 (0) { } [1]=> object(Foo)#2 (0) { } } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74633&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74633&r=mysqlcfg