Syntax Limitation - dynamic static member access

Oops, sorry :( I accidentally hi-jacked another thread. Here are the relevant posts for anyone thats reading: - http://news.php.net/php.general/201395 - http://news.php.net/php.general/201403 - http://news.php.net/php.general/201405 - http://news.php.net/php.general/201410 - http://news.php.net/php.general/201451 - http://news.php.net/php.general/201455 I also have just found this php.notes post that doesnt seem to have been accepted for some reason - http://news.php.net/php.notes/78312 Pity... that would have saved me some time I still cant find the alleged posts made in the php.internals about this issue :( Any thoughts / comments would be appreciated Regards Jake Press