note 47310 added to language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim

Someone might need to make a static function call to a class of which the name is only available in a variable: <?php class Foo { public static $bla = array('a','b'); public static function getBla() { return self::$bla; } } //~ works as desired print_r(Foo::getBla()); $classname = 'Foo'; //~ gives a parse error 'T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM' print_r($classname::getBla()); //~ not nice, but works print_r(eval("return $classname::getBla();")); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47310 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47310&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47310&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47310&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47310&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47310&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47310&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47310&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php