Re: Syntax Limitation - dynamic static member access

* Thus wrote Jake Press: > Oops, sorry :( > I accidentally hi-jacked another thread. Thanks for taking notice :) > 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 like your research, i just really dont know what the original problem was, so I'll look at your hijacked thread to see what it is... Just to review what this is about: <?php // Define a class with a nice juicy static variable class bob { public static $type = 'safd'; } // Lets chuck the name of the class into a variable... $foo = 'bob'; // Just to show it all works lets do it manualllllly echo bob::$type; // This is the line with the well-wicked parse error on the double colon echo $foo::$type; ?> The $foo::$type causes a parser error. I would suggest reporting a bug about this. Generally the left side of the :: is expected to be a direct reference to a class name not a variable that references a class name. I can see some benefit though. > > 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 This note really should not be there but reported as a bug instead, imo. > > I still cant find the alleged posts made in the php.internals about this > issue :( It wont hurt to ask, on internals@, if this kind of thing is really a feature request or something that should really work out of the box (aka bug) Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."