From: Operating system: Darwin 10.8.0 PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Parser problem with static calls using string method name
Description: ------------ PHP allows to call instance methods using the {} syntax together with a string - such as $obj->{'my-method'} for example. This allows developers to call methods whose names are not valid PHP method names. The same does not work with static method calls. Test script: --------------- <?php class Test{ public static function __callStatic($method, $arguments) { echo $method . PHP_EOL; } public function __call($method, $arguments) { echo $method . PHP_EOL; } } $method = 'method'; $test = new Test(); $test->method(); $test->$method(); $test->{'method'}(); Test::method(); Test::$method(); Test::{'method'}(); Expected result: ---------------- method method method method method method Actual result: -------------- PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in Untitled.php on line 21 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55247&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=mysqlcfg Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=trysnapshot54