Usually it is solved sending the $this instance to class C constructor and
C object storing it in some attribute, solving the problem. I don't think a
new keyword would help.
Juan Basso
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:53 PM, S.A.N <ua.san.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The reason for creating circular references, usually due to the need to
> bind objects.
>
> But this relationship can often be obtained from the context of the call.
>
> It will be very convenient to have a keyword that will return reference to
> an object, which caused this object.
>
> Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker.
> A simple example below shows the behavior that we need.
>
> <?php
>
> class A
> {
> public function __construct() {
> $this->object = new C;
> }
> }
>
> class B
> {
> public function __construct() {
> $this->object = new C;
> }
> }
>
> class C
> {
> public function getCaller() {
> return caller::class;
> }
> }
>
> $a = new A;
> $b = new B;
> $c = new C;
>
> $a->object->getCaller(); // return A
> $b->object->getCaller(); // return B
>
> $c->getCaller(); // Fatal Error - undefined caller context
>
> ?>
>
> Create a new keyword can cause problems with backward compatibility...
> Perhaps you can solve a problem to using an existing keyword?
>
> Thank you for any feedback.
>
