From: Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.3.10 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:referencing class during static access using variable doesn't work properly
Description: ------------ Documentation says: "As of PHP 5.3.0, it's possible to reference the class using a variable. The variable's value can not be a keyword (e.g. self, parent and static)." It does not say that class variables cannot be used, but trying to do so will result in the completely nonsensical error for non-hebrew speakers. referencing the variable that references the class name does work, but it is a useless line in my code, i don't like it. public function foo() { $tmp =& $this->bar; echo $tmp::$my_static; } Test script: --------------- <?php class Foo { public static $my_static = 'foo'; } class Bar { protected $bar; public function __construct() { $this->bar = 'Foo'; } public function foo() { echo $this->bar::$my_static; } } $bar = new Bar(); $bar->foo(); Expected result: ---------------- foo Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\ ... \test.php on line 12 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61397&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=61397&r=mysqlcfg