Question

I’m trying to create an instance of an object but the object class name is set by hand.

in config.php:

define('DIRECTORY', 'RaptorDirectory');

in the class file:

$this->directory = new DIRECTORY; // <--- how do I use the constant there?

I’m doing this because DIRECTORY might change to a different class (e.g., LDAPDirectory)

Answer 1

You can’t use a constant there but you can use a variable, eg

$class = DIRECTORY;
$this->directory = new $class;