From: etienne at actrix dot co dot nz
Operating system: Windows XP Pro
PHP version: 5.0.4
PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related
Bug description: Unexpected Paamayim Nekudotayim in Dynamic Static Method Call
Description:
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Basically, a call to a static class method produces a parse error.
Unexpected Paamayim Nekudotayim (::).
This sort of coding works on normal method calls, and object
instantiation.
For example, the following works fine:
$name = "ClassName";
$instance = new $name();
^^ will create a new instance of ClassName;
or
public function method() {
//some code
}
$methodName = "method";
$methodName();
^^ will run method().
Reproduce code:
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class ClassName {
public static function staticClassMethod() {
//some code
}
}
$name = "ClassName";
$name::staticClassMethod();
Expected result:
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I expected php to call the method "staticClassMethod".
Actual result:
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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM ...
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Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=alreadyfixed
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Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=float
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MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33463&r=mysqlcfg
