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Doc Bug #48055 Creating class instances by using a variable as class name
Submitted: 2009-04-22 21:51 UTC Modified: 2009-05-08 13:40 UTC
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From: momrom at freenet dot de Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2009-04-22 21:51 UTC] momrom at freenet dot de 
Description:
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Its possible to create a new instance of a class by using a variable as class name. But the only place where I read something about this was the first example on page 'OO5 - Patterns'.

I think there should be a note about it in paragraph 'new' on page 'OO5 - The Basics'.

Expected result:
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It is possible to use a variable as classname when creating new instances.

<?php
$classname = 'MyClass';
$instance = new $classname;
?>

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 [2009-05-08 13:40 UTC] danbrown@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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