note 94416 added to language.oop5.basic

Wierd about the 'new'-operator is, that you can use it with not only with the name of a concrete class, but with an instance also! <?php $x = new stdClass(); $y = new $x; ?> This is the same as <?php $x = new stdClass(); $y = new stdClass(); ?> Not sure, if this is a bug ... but for sure it's a wierdo ... (tested with PHP 5.3.0) ---- Server IP: 212.124.37.9 Probable Submitter: 87.79.200.243 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/94416 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94416 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/94416 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php