Doc #52494 [Opn->Csd]: description of keyword "new"

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52494&edit=1 ID: 52494 Updated by: degeberg@php.net Reported by: delphists at apollo dot lv Summary: description of keyword "new" -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: 5.3.3 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: degeberg Block user comment: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-08-15 09:39:54] degeberg@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of degeberg Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=302259 Log: Fixed PHP bug #52494 (description of keyword &quot;new&quot;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-30 02:39:03] delphists at apollo dot lv Description: ------------ URL I'm referring to is http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php#language.oop5.basic.new 1) Documentation says that "To create an instance of a class, a new object must be created and assigned to a variable", though it doesn't really have to be assigned to a variable. 2) There is an example with storing class name in a variable and using this variable to create an object, i.e., $instance = new $className(), though this does not always work as expected with namespaced classes (I'm not sure if this is a "documentation problem" or a bug). It would be worth noting that namespaced classes need a full name to be stored in variable, even if it is being used the same namespaced. See a test script for an example. Test script: --------------- <?php namespace MyNamespace { class MyClass { function __construct() { echo __METHOD__, "\n"; } } $obj = new MyClass(); // works $obj = new \MyNamespace\MyClass(); // works $obj = new MyNamespace\MyClass(); // does not work, resolves as MyNamespace\MyNamespace\MyClass $className = '\\MyNamespace\\MyClass'; $obj = new $className(); // works, as $className includues namespace $className = 'MyNamespace\\MyClass'; $obj = new $className(); // still works, as it resolves as <global namespace>\MyNamespace\MyClass $className = 'MyClass'; $obj = new $className(); // does not work } Expected result: ---------------- MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct PHP Fatal error MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct PHP Fatal error Actual result: -------------- MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct PHP Fatal error MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct PHP Fatal error MyNamespace\MyClass::__construct ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52494&edit=1