note 109788 added to language.oop5.late-static-bindings

I discovered an interesting thing. The class name string must be accessed directly from "flat" variable. Late static binding code that get's it's variable from array that is passed by class instance, throws an syntax error. Bug? <?php class A { public $metadata = array('class' => 'A'); public static function numbers() { return 123; } } $instance = new A(); // This throws an error // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) var_dump( $instance->metadata['class']::numbers() ); // Get the class name and store it in "flat" variable and now it's ok $class_name = $instance->metadata['class']; var_dump( $class_name::numbers() ); // Other tests ------------------------------------------- $arr = array('class' => 'A'); // This works too. var_dump( $arr['class']::numbers() ); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 89.248.82.8 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109788 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109788 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109788 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php