All The return value of the DOMDocument::load* family of methods currently varies depending on whether it was invoked statically or as an instance method - when invoked on an instance it returns bool, and when invoked statically it returns the implicitly created instance or FALSE on error. Invoking statically also emits an E_STRICT, because it is an instance method (see: http://3v4l.org/JIRQn).
As a result, I regularly find myself writing something like this: $doc = new DOMDocument; $doc->loadXML($xml); I propose that the success return value be changed to the instance regardless of how it was invoked, which would allow one to write this: $doc = (new DOMDocument)->loadXML($xml); ...which has the same effect as invoking it statically, without provoking the E_STRICT. This would be a very minor BC break (it would only break code that compares the return value with === TRUE, the failure return value would be unaffected). Thoughts, anyone? Would a minor change such as this require an RFC? Thanks, Chris -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php