#40292 [NEW]: PHP 4.* does not support calling object methods in complex (curly) syntax

From: Jonah at whalehosting dot ca Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: PHP 4.* does not support calling object methods in complex (curly) syntax Description: ------------ PHP 4.* does not support calling object methods in the complex (curly) syntax. The doc page at http://php.net/string does not have any version information for the complex syntax. Reproduce code: --------------- class foobar{ function bar(){ echo 'blah'; } } $foo = new foobar(); echo <<<EOD <br /> this does NOT work on PHP 4.*: {$foo->bar()} EOD; Expected result: ---------------- PHP 5.1.6 prints 'blah' as expected. Actual result: -------------- PHP 4.4.0 and 4.4.4 print this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting '}' in ... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40292&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40292&r=mysqlcfg