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Bug #51825 Calling a static property with a dynamic class name fails
Submitted: 2010-05-14 17:07 UTC Modified: 2010-05-14 17:11 UTC
From: anis dot berejeb at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.13 OS: Ubuntu 9.10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-05-14 17:07 UTC] anis dot berejeb at gmail dot com 
Description:
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When we call a static property with a dynamic class name, the call fails

Test script:
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<?php 
class foo {
    public static $bar = 'OK';
}
$foo = 'foo';
echo $foo::$bar;

Expected result:
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OK

Actual result:
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syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM, expecting ',' or ';' in 
/home/user/test.php on line 5

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 [2010-05-14 17:11 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-05-14 17:11 UTC] felipe@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

This feature was added in 5.3.0.

http://docs.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.static.php
 
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