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

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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55247&edit=1
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https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55247&r=trysnapshot52
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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):            
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