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Some of us have been playing around with static and have come up with this.. not my code</disclaimer> I am curious as to why this errors. What is happening internally. My thoughts were that is was a scope issue. <?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; ?> Kind regards Kevin --------- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."