Bug #71031 [NEW]: Ability to use return value when instantiating

From: love at sickpeople dot se Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Ability to use return value when instantiating Description: ------------ Along the lines of using foo ()['bar'] etc - it would be handy to use the return value of a function when instantiating a class. Please see test script. Test script: --------------- class A {} $a = new A (); $b = new get_class ($a) (); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71031&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71031&r=mysqlcfg