#21669 [NEW]: "$obj = new $this->var;" doesn't work

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From:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: Debian Linux 3.0r0
PHP version:      5CVS-2003-01-15 (dev)
PHP Bug Type:     Zend Engine 2 problem
Bug description:  "$obj = new $this->var;" doesn't work

The following snippet is a parse error in PHP5-ZE2 (used to work on earlier
versions). This feature is also used in Smarty templates.

<?php
class Test {
        function say_hello() {
                echo "Hello world";
        }
}

class Factory {
        var $name = "Test";
        function create() {
                $obj = new $this->name; /* Parse error */
                return $obj;
        }
}
$factory = new Factory;
$test = $factory->create();
$test->say_hello();
?>

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