From: Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.4.0beta1 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Instantiation and call in one expression.
Description: ------------ It would be nice if object instantiation and calling methods on the object could occur within the same expression. Test script: --------------- class A { public function method() { echo "call\n"; } } new A(/* args, mayhaps */)->method(); new A->method(); Expected result: ---------------- call call Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '->' -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55828&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55828&r=mysqlcfg