[PHP-DEV] $class::bar() yields parse error

2001-10-29 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Calling static methods on 'variable' classes currently yields a parse error: ?php class foo { function bar() { echo 'foobar'; } } $class = 'foo'; $class::bar(); ? I think it would be great if the above syntax would be possible. Any

Re: [PHP-DEV] $class::bar() yields parse error

2001-10-29 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 11:33 29/10/2001, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: Calling static methods on 'variable' classes currently yields a parse error: ?php class foo { function bar() { echo 'foobar'; } } $class = 'foo'; $class::bar(); ? I think it would be

Re: [PHP-DEV] $class::bar() yields parse error

2001-10-29 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Zeev Suraski wrote: Yes, currently this has to be resolved in compile time. I see, thanks for the info. This may (probably will) change in the Engine 2.0. This would be great, Sebastian -- Sebastian Bergmann http://sebastian-bergmann.de/ http://phpOpenTracker.de/