From: Alex at phpguide dot co dot il
Operating system:
PHP version: 5.4.9
Package: Class/Object related
Bug Type: Bug
Bug description:Parse error on $this->otherInstance::method()
Description:
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Calling a static method on an instance of class which is member of another
class
results in parse error.
Test script:
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class Speaker
{
public static function say($str) { echo $str; }
}
$speaker = new Speaker();
$speaker::say('This works');
class failingToCallSpeaker
{
private $speaker;
public function __construct(Speaker $s)
{
$this->speaker = $s;
}
public function doesntWork($str)
{
$this->speaker::say($str);
// PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::'
(T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM)
}
public function works($str)
{
$s = & $this->speaker;
$s::say($str);
}
}
$dontwork = new failingToCallSpeaker($speaker);
$dontwork->works('hurray');
$dontwork->doesntWork('argh');
Expected result:
----------------
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '::' (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) on
line
$this->speaker::say($str);
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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63789&edit=1
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Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=fixed
Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=needscript
Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=support
Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=php4
Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=dst
IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=float
No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63789&r=mysqlcfg
