Bug #72903 [NEW]: $objInstance->memberObj::$staticVar yields syntax error

From: dliebner at gmail dot com Operating system: CentOS PHP version: 5.6.25 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:$objInstance->memberObj::$staticVar yields syntax error Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.oop5.static --- Code sample below yields 'unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM' syntax error. Test script: --------------- <?php class MyClass { public static $var = 'yay!'; public $childClass; public function __construct() { $this->childClass = new ChildClass(); } } class ChildClass { public static $var = 'yay?'; } $obj = new MyClass(); echo $obj::$var; // works echo $obj->childClass::$var; // syntax error ?> Expected result: ---------------- yay!yay? Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM), expecting ',' or ';' in __FILE__ on line 25 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72903&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72903&r=mysqlcfg